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

[Antonino A. Daplas]

Jon Smirl wrote:
> On 6/20/06, Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> No it can't.  Once the card is in graphics mode, vgacon cannot go to
>> text mode on its own.  It has to know how to write to other VGA
>> registers which are unique per hardware.
> 
> Might be a good place for a little call_usermodehelper example. VGAcon
> could try calling vbetool to save it's state and restore it. GregKH
> told me that the class firmware loader code was the place to start.
> 

Yes, that's part of the plan. I'm still looking for the best inteface
to do that. It must be a 2-way inteface, ie, kernel->user and user->kernel.
Does the firmware loader code satisfy the above condition?

Tony 
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