From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: Linux Fbdev development list
<linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] VT binding: Make VT binding a Kconfig option
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:31:18 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <449806B6.7060309@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910606200704n19da7833s6873eb3270fe299e@mail.gmail.com>
Jon Smirl wrote:
> On 6/20/06, Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> No it can't. Once the card is in graphics mode, vgacon cannot go to
>> text mode on its own. It has to know how to write to other VGA
>> registers which are unique per hardware.
>
> Might be a good place for a little call_usermodehelper example. VGAcon
> could try calling vbetool to save it's state and restore it. GregKH
> told me that the class firmware loader code was the place to start.
>
Yes, that's part of the plan. I'm still looking for the best inteface
to do that. It must be a 2-way inteface, ie, kernel->user and user->kernel.
Does the firmware loader code satisfy the above condition?
Tony
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-06-20 14:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-18 15:24 [PATCH 3/9] VT binding: Make VT binding a Kconfig option Antonino A. Daplas
2006-06-20 0:18 ` Jon Smirl
2006-06-20 1:09 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2006-06-20 2:16 ` Jon Smirl
2006-06-20 8:32 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2006-06-20 14:04 ` Jon Smirl
2006-06-20 14:31 ` Antonino A. Daplas [this message]
2006-06-20 14:49 ` Jon Smirl
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