On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 05:08:48PM -0400, Michael wrote: > genfb requires firmware help to set up a framebuffer and it needs > machine dependent code to tell it how to use that framebuffer ( > basically address, geometry and colour depth ). On most machines the > firmware will only setup one console device, be it a serial line, a > framebuffer or whatever.
Well, on my target systems the framebuffer is either not programmable, or I know how to set it up in machine-dependant code. > That said, the check is probably overly strict and should go away, > instead we should look for device properties and bail if we don't > find what we need. looks reasonable. -- Manuel Bouyer <[email protected]> NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference --
