Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Subject | Re: my opinion about VGA devices | Date | Wed, 20 Oct 2004 22:16:35 +0200 |
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> I guess that you are talking about the fact that displaying text > messages would be possible only after the first device driver has > initialized and registered with the kernel.
No, the kernel cannot print at all.
> You could do the printing in two stages: at the begining the same way as > in the current kernel, but as soon as the first driver is registered, > the kernel switches to the function provided by the driver.
The current kernel can print only if the video chipset is initialised to a certain degree, which usually the firmware or the boot loader provide for.
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