>>> So what you are saying is that the only reason it is needed is because some
>>> distros choose to build DRM drivers as modules. So as soon as they stop
>>> doing that the problem goes away, right?
>> I think many people will be very happy to be able to get some visual
>> feedback on their boot problems. Having to connect a serial console is
>> a deal breaker for most people.
> As was said earlier in the thread, a proper DRM/KMS driver doesn't prevent
> that.
I'll be very happy to have a proper KMS driver as well, but a KMS driver
won't help me find my most common boot problems (i.e. when the kernel
was not compiled properly, when U-Boot doesn't find the kernel, when the
kernel command line has a typo, ...).
It's important to have visual feedback directly from the boot-loader.
The x86 platform has had that "for ever" via the BIOS and it's one of
the key elements that makes those machines much more usable by
the uninitiated.
Stefan
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