On 12/7/20 1:20 PM, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> As x86 is becoming more widespread in embedded devices, that don't have
> any video adapter at all, make it possible to opt out from video init on
> bootup (expert option). Also useful for minimized paravirtualized kernels.
>
> Most users wanna leave this enabled and shouldn't touch it, thus defaulting
want to
> to y and hiding behind CONFIG_EXPERT.
>
> Signed-off-by: Enrico Weigelt <[email protected]>
> ---
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 7 +++++++
> arch/x86/boot/Makefile | 10 +++++-----
> arch/x86/boot/main.c | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index fbf26e0f7a6a..43b4b2cca2b0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -913,6 +913,13 @@ config DMI
> affected by entries in the DMI blacklist. Required by PNP
> BIOS code.
>
> +config X86_BOOT_VIDEO
> + default y
> + bool "Setup video on boot" if EXPERT
> + help
> + Enable setting video mode on boot. Say Y here unless your machine
> + doesn't have any video adapter. (eg. embedded systems or VMs)
(e.g., embedded systems or VMs)
> +
> config GART_IOMMU
> bool "Old AMD GART IOMMU support"
> select DMA_OPS
--
~Randy
