Re: [PATCH] to erase scrollbuffer on ESCc (was: A console_ioctl to erase

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Fri, 24 Sep 1999 17:24:50 -0400

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Marko Schulz wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 12:35:52PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >
> > So try to install vga16fb. It is also framebuffer. (It should work but
> > I never tried it.)
>
> Doesn't seem to work here. I get a "vga16fb: unable to reserve VGA
> memory, exiting" while booting.

Can you try the attached patch?

Regards,

Jeff

-- 
Custom driver development	|    Never worry about theory as long
Open source programming		|    as the machinery does what it's
				|    supposed to do.  -- R. A. Heinlein
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--- linux.ac/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c	Wed Sep 22 09:00:01 1999
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c	Wed Sep 22 10:48:00 1999
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
 static struct resource ram_resources[] = {
 	{ "System RAM", 0x000000, 0x09ffff, IORESOURCE_BUSY },
 	{ "System RAM", 0x100000, 0x100000, IORESOURCE_BUSY },
-	{ "Video RAM area", 0x0a0000, 0x0bffff, IORESOURCE_BUSY },
+	{ "Video RAM area", 0x0a0000, 0x0bffff },
 	{ "Kernel code", 0x100000, 0 },
 	{ "Kernel data", 0, 0 }
 };
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
 #define MAXROMS 6
 static struct resource rom_resources[MAXROMS] = {
 	{ "System ROM", 0xF0000, 0xFFFFF, IORESOURCE_BUSY },
-	{ "Video ROM", 0xc0000, 0xc7fff, IORESOURCE_BUSY }
+	{ "Video ROM", 0xc0000, 0xc7fff }
 };
 
 #define romsignature(x) (*(unsigned short *)(x) == 0xaa55)


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