Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Video RAM marked busy? | Date | Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:55:51 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Why is the video RAM area marked busy in the following code from > arch/i386/kernel/setup.c? (from 2.3.18) IMHO video driver really > needs to make this decision. For now I am gonna have to hack around > this in vga16fb. vgacon probably needs resource code too.
I would agree that is a bug. It for example means mdacon can't spot combo vga/mda resource pairs.
> For that matter, should video ROM be marked busy too? Some video cards > move that space to allow for accels where the video ROM usually lives.
Probably yes then
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