# Re: \[Linux-fbdev-devel\] Generic VESA framebuffer driver and Video card BOOT?

- From: Oliver Neukum \<oliver@neukum.org\>
- Date: 2004-10-18 20:49:35 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2004/10/678055
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/lkml/2004/10/677071/t.md

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Am Montag, 18. Oktober 2004 22:21 schrieb Helge Hafting:
> > On first access only, and even that only if the driver doesn't map the
> > pages at mmap() time already.  Not a single fb driver seems to map the
> > pages lazy today, grepping in drivers/video for nopage handles shows
> > nothing.  I'm not sure you can actually do that for iomem mappings.
> > 
> Isn't it possible for the driver to unmap the mapping when
> suspending?  Then you're guaranteed to get that first access.

But what would you do then? Block everything that is using a terminal?

	Regards
		Oliver
```