From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265263AbUBPAnb (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:43:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265268AbUBPAnb (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:43:31 -0500 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:15519 "EHLO gate.crashing.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265263AbUBPAna (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:43:30 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.3-rc3 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: earny@net4u.de Cc: Linux Kernel list , James Simmons In-Reply-To: <200402160129.32011.earny@net4u.de> References: <200402160033.43438.earny@net4u.de> <1076889243.11392.130.camel@gaston> <200402160129.32011.earny@net4u.de> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1076892102.6957.138.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:41:46 +1100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Yupp :-) > > Direct hit. > > Works immediatly. Ok, with some little cosmetic problems: Direct after boot > you can see for (less than?) ~1/10 sec the kernel screen in normal 25/80 > resolution. After that you see the Pinguin on the top with funny blinking > characters on the bottom, following with the normal boot messages. The > funny characters scrolls out normaly... look like that a random screen > with resolution 25/80 are inserted when the fb are initialized... The funny blinking characters are an fbcon bug. I would have to dive deeper into the fbcon code to fully understand what's up... afaik, it's supposed to "translate" the content of your VGA text buffer when taking over, and that isn't working properly. As soon as I get an x86 with a radeon for testing here, I'll be able to work on that. Ben.