Re: arch/i386/boot rewrite, and all the hard-coded video cards

H. Peter Anvin
2007-05-02T23:00:14Z

Rene Herman wrote:
> On 05/03/2007 12:11 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
>> The problem is to detect the ones that have it from the ones that don't.
>
> Checking here, and mine also has 132x25 as BIOS mode 0x14 in addition to
> 0x55. Probably also not universal, and 0x54 (132x43) doesn't seem to be
> repeated. Unfortunate that Qemu/Bocks don't have the VESA text modes.
>

Does it export these modes though the VESA interface, or do you have to
"select them blind?"

-hpa