Re: who sets boot_params[].screen_info.orig_video_isVGA?

[Matthew Garrett]

gl@xxxxxxxxx <gl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Do I get it right, that, say, if I tell grub to load a kernel and specify 
> "vga=xxx" on the kernel command line, grub will interpret it, issue some 
> VESA BIOS calls and fill in the screen_info struct? If so, the card often 
> supports several modes (VGA, SVGA, VESA, different resolutions, colour 
> depths, etc.), right? So, which one will be chosen? Does it depend on the 
> specific value I give to "vga="? How do I force VIDEO_TYPE_VLFB (VESA VGA 
> in graphic mode) mopde then?

Yup. You probably want to take a look at Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt -
the modes are the same.
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Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.linux-rutgers.kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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