Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: KERNEL BUG: console not working in linux | Date | Mon, 27 Nov 2000 14:52:52 -0500 (EST) |
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H. Peter Anvin writes: > [Albert Cahalan] >> [Alan Cox]
>>>> 1) Why did they disable my videocard ? >>> >>> Because your machine is not properly PC compatible >> >> The same can be said of systems that don't support the >> standard keyboard controller for A20 control. > > Yes, it can. Unfortunately, some "legacy-free" PCs apparently > are starting to take the tack that the KBC is legacy. Therefore, > the use of port 92h is mandatory on those systems.
Not just embedded systems?
> Port 92h dates back to at the very least the IBM PS/2. > > Either way, the video card of the original poster is broken in more > ways than that. Ports 0x00-0xFF are reserved for the motherboard > chipset and have been since the original IBM PC.
His video card is the motherboard. He has built-in video. So the port is being used by his motherboard chipset. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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