Re: [patches] [PATCH] [21/22] x86_64: Extend bzImage protocol forrelocatable bzImage

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Wed May 09 2007 - 01:04:37 EST


yhlu wrote:
> On 5/8/07, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Since the whole point is to detect the case where we don't have
>> a screen at all it makes sense to check several additional variables
>> and make certain that they are all 0. Agreed?
>
> need one good way to find if there is support vga console.

There really isn't one, at least not given the current data structure;
the data structure has an "isVGA" flag, but if that is 0 it's supposed
to mean CGA/MDA/HGC/EGA, as opposed to VGA...

-hpa
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