Re: [Xen-devel] special video mode numbers

[Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The code to actually use the vesa framebuffer as a text console is not yet
there. Jan is currently working on a patch.

 -- Keir

On 19/7/07 05:38, "Kaushik Barde" <Kaushik_Barde@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On the same line of thought,
> 
> Is it possible to change default mode to one of vesa modes (118 or 11b)
> instead of text mode?
> If so, (in 3.0.4) setup-xen.c, what does video_mode 3 means? Is it the
> correct place to make this change?
> 
> I don't see screen_info used beyond dom0_init_screen_info, is this code
> deprecated?
>  
> -Kaushik
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jan Beulich
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 5:03 AM
> To: Keir Fraser
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-devel] special video mode numbers
> 
> Keir,
> 
> is there a particular reason you chose to use slightly different special
> mode
> numbers than Linux, ignoring VIDEO_CURRENT_MODE altogether? I think
> it wouldn't be bad to be in sync with Linux here, and I independently
> think
> that having a way to avoid mode switching altogether is good to have in
> case of possible problems on exotic hardware.
> 
> Jan
> 
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