Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:03:02 +0400 | From | Alexey Dobriyan <> | Subject | [PATCH] Remove remnants of CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT (read: vga=) |
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Video mode selection became always possible in 2.6.23-rc1 after i386 setup code rewrite in C.
Regardless, VIDEO_SELECT is stupid config option because it affects only kernel setup code, not code which always stays in memory.
vga= always possible now which is good.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> ---
arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig | 1 - arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig | 1 - drivers/video/Kconfig | 2 -- drivers/video/console/Kconfig | 16 ---------------- 4 files changed, 20 deletions(-)
--- a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig +++ b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig @@ -1531,7 +1531,6 @@ CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=y CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK=y CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_SIZE=64 -CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is not set CONFIG_LOGO=y --- a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig +++ b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig @@ -1508,7 +1508,6 @@ CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=y CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK=y CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_SIZE=64 -CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y # CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is not set CONFIG_LOGO=y --- a/drivers/video/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig @@ -673,7 +673,6 @@ config FB_VESA select FB_CFB_FILLRECT select FB_CFB_COPYAREA select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT - select VIDEO_SELECT help This is the frame buffer device driver for generic VESA 2.0 compliant graphic cards. The older VESA 1.2 cards are not supported. @@ -1578,7 +1577,6 @@ config FB_CYBLA tristate "Cyberblade/i1 support" depends on FB && PCI && X86_32 && !64BIT select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT - select VIDEO_SELECT ---help--- This driver is supposed to support the Trident Cyberblade/i1 graphics core integrated in the VIA VT8601A North Bridge, --- a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig @@ -43,22 +43,6 @@ config VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_SIZE buffer. Each 64KB will give you approximately 16 80x25 screenfuls of scrollback buffer -config VIDEO_SELECT - bool "Video mode selection support" - depends on X86 && VGA_CONSOLE - ---help--- - This enables support for text mode selection on kernel startup. If - you want to take advantage of some high-resolution text mode your - card's BIOS offers, but the traditional Linux utilities like - SVGATextMode don't, you can say Y here and set the mode using the - "vga=" option from your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) or set - "vga=ask" which brings up a video mode menu on kernel startup. (Try - "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader about - how to pass options to the kernel.) - - Read the file <file:Documentation/svga.txt> for more information - about the Video mode selection support. If unsure, say N. - config MDA_CONSOLE depends on !M68K && !PARISC && ISA tristate "MDA text console (dual-headed) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
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