On
> One reason I do not wish to use the framebuffer console is because of the
> small font. 160 columns makes it difficult to tell which [OK] belongs with
> which service. The selection of console fonts should always include a
> set that gives us an 80 column screen and the docs should point this
On
One reason I do not wish to use the framebuffer console is because of the
small font. 160 columns makes it difficult to tell which [OK] belongs with
which service. The selection of console fonts should always include a
set that gives us an 80 column screen and the docs should point this
> -Original Message-
> From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:bhelg...@google.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 11:48 AM
> To: Michael Shell
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; David Airlie; DRI mailing list; Deucher,
> Alexander; Koenig, Christian
> Subject: Re: Standard
Is this possible and if not, why not?
Long story short on modern hardware the VGA console is just an emulation
working on top of the real hardware. When the driver wants to talk to
the real hardware it must simply disable the VGA emulation first.
But to me all points why you don't like the
[+cc David, Alex, Christian, dri-devel]
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 12:32 AM, Michael Shell wrote:
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Well, I want to be able to have my cake and eat it too. I want to be able to
> have the standard VGA/"hardware" classic console (not the framebuffer) but
> I still want the
[+cc David, Alex, Christian, dri-devel]
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 12:32 AM, Michael Shell li...@michaelshell.org wrote:
Greetings,
Well, I want to be able to have my cake and eat it too. I want to be able to
have the standard VGA/hardware classic console (not the framebuffer) but
I still
Is this possible and if not, why not?
Long story short on modern hardware the VGA console is just an emulation
working on top of the real hardware. When the driver wants to talk to
the real hardware it must simply disable the VGA emulation first.
But to me all points why you don't like the
-Original Message-
From: Bjorn Helgaas [mailto:bhelg...@google.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 11:48 AM
To: Michael Shell
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; David Airlie; DRI mailing list; Deucher,
Alexander; Koenig, Christian
Subject: Re: Standard VGA console with DRI/DRM under
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