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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/4] rest of xen host s3 patches

To: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 0/4] rest of xen host s3 patches
From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:47:46 +0100
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> Dom0 cannot have changed the video mode via the bios. So what's the issue,

Thats untrue. The X VESA servers use the BIOS for video mode control.

> exactly? Xen set the mode, Xen knows the mode number, end of story as far as
> I can see.

Call the BIOS methods on most cards on a resume from RAM and the machine
crashes because you have to reprogram the video state.

Alan

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