Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dynamically loaded fbcon drivers? | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 28 Aug 1998 14:54:01 +0200 |
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>>>>> "David" == David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com> writes:
David> Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch said: >> "Kendall" == Kendall Bennett <KendallB@scitechsoft.com> writes: > >> However when does the fbcon stuff get initialised, and Kendall> can >> it > be initialised late enough in the bootup sequence such >> Kendall> that > the device drivers for the console can be loaded >> from Kendall> the > file system? What sort of problems are we >> going to have Kendall> to > face getting our driver loading code >> working in the Kendall> kernel?
>> Start by taking a look at Geert's abscon page: >> http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/Console/
>> It is possible to do loadable frame buffers.
David> It's possible to do loadable filesystems, but we still can't David> have our root filesystem as a module.
Boot with vgacon if you have a PC with a VGA compatible display and insmod the frame buffer later.
Jes
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