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SubjectRe: [patch] Require VM86 with VESA framebuffer
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 01:58:49PM -0800, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> On Monday, March 13, 2006 9:01 am, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > > In-Reply-To: <1142261096.25773.19.camel@localhost.localdomain>
> > > References: <1142261096.25773.19.camel@localhost.localdomain>
> > >
> > > On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:44:56 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > >> VESA does not require VM86 so this change is completely wrong.
> > >
> > > What is this all about then?
> >
> > that is about X requiring it. Not about anything kernel related.
>
> And X doesn't actually require it, it's just that some builds of the X
> int10 and VBE libraries assume it's available. They can be configured
> to use an x86 emulator instead, and probably should be by default so
> that non-x86 systems have a better chance of working (code coverage and
> all that).

You can only disable CONFIG_VM86 if you have set CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y.

That's OK considering that CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y has the semantics:
Allow me to disable more options to save space no matter how much
this can break since I do _really_ know what I'm doing when I'm
enabling CONFIG_EMBEDDED.

Expecting working kernels when randomly toggling options that get
available with CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y is simply silly.

> Jesse

cu
Adrian

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