[PATCH 3/3] Documentation update for radeonfb

From: Michael Marineau
Date: Sat Aug 27 2005 - 20:34:25 EST


Update documentation to reflect that this patch is now in the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Michael Marineau <marineam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Michael Marineau
marineam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Oregon State University
Index: linux-2.6.13-rc7/Documentation/power/video.txt
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--- linux-2.6.13-rc7.orig/Documentation/power/video.txt
+++ linux-2.6.13-rc7/Documentation/power/video.txt
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ There are a few types of systems where v
vbestate restore < /tmp/delme; setfont <whatever>, and your video
should work.

-(7) on some systems, it is possible to boot most of kernel, and then
- POSTing bios works. Ole Rohne has patch to do just that at
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~marineam/patch-radeonfb-2.6.11-rc2-mm2.
+(7) on some systems, it is possible to POST the bios from within the
+ kernel which allows for the use of a framebuffer. The radeonfb incudes
+ this capability.

Now, if you pass acpi_sleep=something, and it does not work with your
bios, you'll get a hard crash during resume. Be careful. Also it is

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