Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:28:30 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] fbdev: don't allow to set a video mode via vga= if FB doesn't support it |
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:00:54 +0200 Bruno Prémont <bonbons@linux-vserver.org> wrote:
> From: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org> > > Currently, it is possible to set a VESA graphics mode at boot time > > via the vga= parameter even when no framebuffer driver supporting > > this is configured. This could lead to the system booting with a > > black screen, without a usable console. > > > This looks pretty much the same as what I requested some time ago: > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8062 > > Would need to check -mm archives for the actual patch. > > Don't remember why it did not make it to mainline...
If someone can give me some idea of what that patch looked like then I can go hunt it down, find out why it didn't make it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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