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Danny Beaudoin wrote:
> Hi again!
> In Device Drivers/Graphics Support/Console display driver support/VGA 
> test console (NEW)

drivers/video/console/Kconfig

> The description is the following:
> "
> Saying Y here will allow you to use Linux in text mode through a
> display that complies with the generic VGA standard. Virtually
> everyone wants that.
> 
> The program SVGATextMode can be used to utilize SVGA video cards to
> their full potential in text mode. Download it from
> <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/console/>.
> 
> Say Y.
> "
> This is not an option anymore and there is no choice to be made, 
> therefore the user doesn't have to/can't say Y. This should be only a 
> description.

It is an option if EMBEDDED is true or X86 is false.
For usual X86 it is forced to 'y'.
However, if you can suggest some better description,
that's OK too.

> Thanks for last time, I hadn't realized that there was a 
> misunderstanding on what I meant
> and "Are you sure?  It makes sense to me the way it currently is..." 
> made me think that you didn't see the use of having all 'x86' written 
> all the same, with a lowercase x. :-)
> 
> Well, good job guys, keep it up!


-- 
~Randy