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SubjectRe: [PATCH] to erase scrollbuffer on ESCc (was: A console_ioctl to erase the scrollbackbuffer)
Marko Schulz wrote:
>
> On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 12:35:52PM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >
> > So try to install vga16fb. It is also framebuffer. (It should work but
> > I never tried it.)
>
> Doesn't seem to work here. I get a "vga16fb: unable to reserve VGA
> memory, exiting" while booting.

Can you try the attached patch?

Regards,

Jeff




--
Custom driver development | Never worry about theory as long
Open source programming | as the machinery does what it's
| supposed to do. -- R. A. Heinlein--- linux.ac/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c Wed Sep 22 09:00:01 1999
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c Wed Sep 22 10:48:00 1999
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
static struct resource ram_resources[] = {
{ "System RAM", 0x000000, 0x09ffff, IORESOURCE_BUSY },
{ "System RAM", 0x100000, 0x100000, IORESOURCE_BUSY },
- { "Video RAM area", 0x0a0000, 0x0bffff, IORESOURCE_BUSY },
+ { "Video RAM area", 0x0a0000, 0x0bffff },
{ "Kernel code", 0x100000, 0 },
{ "Kernel data", 0, 0 }
};
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
#define MAXROMS 6
static struct resource rom_resources[MAXROMS] = {
{ "System ROM", 0xF0000, 0xFFFFF, IORESOURCE_BUSY },
- { "Video ROM", 0xc0000, 0xc7fff, IORESOURCE_BUSY }
+ { "Video ROM", 0xc0000, 0xc7fff }
};

#define romsignature(x) (*(unsigned short *)(x) == 0xaa55)
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