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- From: cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings)
- Subject: Re: "Automagic" shoelace
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.160712@hammer.Prime.COM>
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- Organization: Prime Computer R&D
- References: <1992Jul15.180931@hammer.Prime.COM> <1992Jul16.183143.14340@pool.info.sunyit.edu> <1992Jul17.155956@hammer.Prime.COM> <1992Jul18.150235.24314@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 20:07:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul18.150235.24314@pool.info.sunyit.edu>, ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) writes:
- > In article <1992Jul17.155956@hammer.Prime.COM> cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) writes:
- > >In article <1992Jul16.183143.14340@pool.info.sunyit.edu>, ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) writes:
- > >>
- > >> There is an svga_mode patch on tsx-11 for setting the video mode at boot
- > >> time. I've used it since Linux 0.95c, and have been pleased with it.
- > >> Just install the patch, edit the top level Makefile to select the desired
- > >> video mode, and recompile the kernel. It's easier than editing setup.S. :-)
- > >
- > >Maybe so, but setup.S has just changed for 0.96c-pl1. I know, because I
- > >added the VESA checking to it. So the old patch file probably won't work.
- > >Maybe I can do a few things with conditional compilation and a selection
- > >in the Makefile?
- > >
- >
- > This is one of those neat things I'd like to see added to the stock
- > Linux kernel as a compile-time option. I wonder if it is possible to
- > implement dynamic video mode setting at boot time? Even if it was
- > a patch to the binary, like setting the root device on a floppy boot
- > image.
-
- That's the very thing I had in mind for my next change in this area.
- Though, you still want the uninformed user to at least be told what kind
- of video card he needs to choose from (some of the clones out there aren't
- very good at identifying themselves, others aren't very good at passing
- the tests or supporting the modes they should!).
-
- > I'm not expecting this to be implemented very soon, though, as this is
- > more of a luxury at this stage of development. :-)
-
- Depends on how fast I can get myself motivated again in this area. I'd rather
- be spending my time understanding the S3 video chip, and what needs to be done
- to X386 to get it to work. I'm hoping to use the high level registers on the
- chip to do most of the work!
-
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