Re: [PATCH 3/9] VT binding: Make VT binding a Kconfig option

[Jon Smirl]

On 6/19/06, Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jon Smirl wrote:
> > I gave this patch a try and it seems to work. I say seems because I
> > could not get the nvidiafb driver to set a usable mode after it was
> > bound/unbound.
>
> What do you mean by this?  You mean that you cannot restore vgacon?
> If that's the case, then yes, that is perfectly understandable as
> nvidiafb does not restore VGA to text mode.

modprobe fbcon
modprobe nvidiafb

Display is messed up.

I used to fix this by switching to X and back but the nvidia X driver
won't build on the mm kernel. I can try again and write a script to
echo a mode into sysfs after the modprobe.

When fbcon first gets a new fbdev driver registered with it, should it
pick one of the modes is supports and set it automatically?

>  or would it be better for each driver to set in a
> > default mode that it understands when it gets control? The fbdev
> > driver should not set a mode when it loads, but that doesn't mean
> > fbcon can't set one when it is activated. Similarly VGAcon would set
> > the mode (and load its fonts) when it regains control.
>
> The problem with vgacon setting its own mode is that it does not know
> anything about the hardware. So VGA text mode will need to rely on
> a secondary program to set the mode (whether it's vbetool, another
> fb driver, or X does not matter).

How does vbetool save state? Could VGAcon do whatever vbetool is doing?

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Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx
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