I add some lines http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/VGA_support
Please check it and enrich it. YH On 8/10/05, Li-Ta Lo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 17:35 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Could someone explain the different VGA options with LinuxBIOS? > > > > I've read the testbios FAQ items. This seems to be a utility program > > that can be run after the system comes up to initialize a VGA card. Then > > I suppose one could open an X window. > > > > Then there are several LinuxBIOS Options that mention VGA: > > VGABIOS_START > > This one is obsolete, it was used for VIA/EPIA only. > I am going to remove it soon. > > > PCI_VGA_RAM_IMAGE_START > > This is were the VGABIOS is copy to in DRAM. By PCI spec, it should be > 0xC0000 for x86. > > > CONFIG_CONSOLE_VGA > > This control if you are going to use VGA console. If it is enable, you > can read message from VGA screen instead of serial console. > > > CONFIG_LEGACY_VGABIOS > > > > This one is obsolete too like VGABIOS_START. > > > Some VGA options are more useful than others. For example, > > CONFIG_LEGACY_VGABIOS does not seem to be used. > > I see CONFIG_CONSOLE_VGA enables logging to the VGA. > > Could someone write a FAQ describing how to make CONFIG_CONSOLE_VGA > > work? > > Thanks. > > > > Steve > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxBIOS mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > -- > Li-Ta Lo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Los Alamos National Lab > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxBIOS mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios > _______________________________________________ LinuxBIOS mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
