[U-Boot] [PATCH] [v2] powerpc: 'monitor' environment variable contains full video configuration

Timur Tabi
2011-03-15T19:09:59Z

Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> You misinterpret what I wrote. Of course we're going to enable the
> video display then.
>
> But there is no reason to always and unconditionally put the console
> on that device - that is a completely separate and independent
> decision.

I still don't understand the point of enabling the video display in U-Boot if
we're not going to put the U-Boot console on it. The monitor will just have a
blank screen.

We don't need to enable it for Linux' sake, because Linux can enable the monitor
itself if it wants to. It just needs to be told what resolution to use.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale