Re: [PATCH 3/9] VT binding: Make VT binding a Kconfig option

From: Antonino A. Daplas
Date: Tue Jun 20 2006 - 10:30:30 EST


Jon Smirl wrote:
> On 6/20/06, Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> No it can't. Once the card is in graphics mode, vgacon cannot go to
>> text mode on its own. It has to know how to write to other VGA
>> registers which are unique per hardware.
>
> Might be a good place for a little call_usermodehelper example. VGAcon
> could try calling vbetool to save it's state and restore it. GregKH
> told me that the class firmware loader code was the place to start.
>

Yes, that's part of the plan. I'm still looking for the best inteface
to do that. It must be a 2-way inteface, ie, kernel->user and user->kernel.
Does the firmware loader code satisfy the above condition?

Tony
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