> The problem is that console output to the screen is not disabled
> when the console is in graphics mode (vc_mode != KD_TEXT). On a
> graphical console this doesn't matter because the kernel knows
> how to print text to it. With vgacon or vgafb things may go wrong.
No, you can't print with a framebuffer console in graphics mode.
You ignore the accelerator, which may be operating when you want to
write to the screen. Some video cards will crash. GGI could write
to the screen because GGI knows what the accelerator is doing.
Like DOS, temporary hacks live on forever because nobody wants
to rock the boat. :-(
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