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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:28:30 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Bruno =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Pr=E9mont?= <bonbons@linux-vserver.org>
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Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] fbdev: don't allow to set a video
 mode via vga= if FB doesn't support it
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:00:54 +0200
Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org> wrote:

> From: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>
> > Currently, it is possible to set a VESA graphics mode at boot time
> > via the vga= parameter even when no framebuffer driver supporting
> > this is configured.  This could lead to the system booting with a
> > black screen, without a usable console.
> > 
> This looks pretty much the same as what I requested some time ago:
> 
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8062
> 
> Would need to check -mm archives for the actual patch.
> 
> Don't remember why it did not make it to mainline...

If someone can give me some idea of what that patch looked
like then I can go hunt it down, find out why it didn't make it.