Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 Aug 2006 08:52:11 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: vga text console |
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>> I'm kind of surprised that the VGA console can't be built as a module, >> like the other console drivers in the kernel can be. Is this on purpose, >> or is it just that nobody has gotten around to it? > >It's possible to make vgacon modular, the changes required will be >minimal. It would seem that nobody ever had a need for it, so that was >never done.
Maybe someday this will happen automagically when VGA/FB switching is finished.
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