Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Jun 2006 22:31:18 +0800 | From | "Antonino A. Daplas" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/9] VT binding: Make VT binding a Kconfig option |
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Jon Smirl wrote: > On 6/20/06, Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> wrote: >> No it can't. Once the card is in graphics mode, vgacon cannot go to >> text mode on its own. It has to know how to write to other VGA >> registers which are unique per hardware. > > Might be a good place for a little call_usermodehelper example. VGAcon > could try calling vbetool to save it's state and restore it. GregKH > told me that the class firmware loader code was the place to start. >
Yes, that's part of the plan. I'm still looking for the best inteface to do that. It must be a 2-way inteface, ie, kernel->user and user->kernel. Does the firmware loader code satisfy the above condition?
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