From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Zielinski Subject: radeonfb_pci_register video memory clear? Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:20:17 -0400 Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <40D3A2E1.2060100@undead.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BbVSz-0003Ig-Qb for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:20:25 -0700 Received: from ghoul.undead.cc ([216.126.84.18] helo=mail.undead.cc) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BbVSz-0004Kv-CI for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:20:25 -0700 Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Linux Frame Buffer Device Development I'm just wondering why the clearing of video memory was added to radeonfb_pci_register? The memory still belongs to vgacon at this point. There are a few other problems with this: there is a noticable delay while the screen is totaly blank, vgacon can't save the text screen to the shadow buffer, and all further output until the takeover is invisible (vga font is wiped) so an oops here wouldn't be readable. John ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by The 2004 JavaOne(SM) Conference Learn from the experts at JavaOne(SM), Sun's Worldwide Java Developer Conference, June 28 - July 1 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA REGISTER AND SAVE! http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf Priority Code NWMGYKND