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

- From: Pavel Machek \<hidden\>
- Date: 2004-10-19 21:59:39 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2004/10/678394
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/lkml/2004/10/677071/t.md

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Hi!

On Pá 15-10-04 13:45:10, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Gwe, 2004-10-15 at 13:38, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
     ~~~-
	  eh? :-)

> > Why not? Of course you won't get any output before the graphics card has been
> > re-initialized to a sane and usable state...
> 
> That will depend on the system. The AMD64 boxes I have all allow the
> bios to post the video card on S3 resume. 

Do you have Arima a.k.a. eMachines notebook near you? That's the one I
can't get to work...

> For a lot of other stuff we can run the bios directly on the resume path
> without emulation (or for intel call the video restore bios
> int). For the rest this could be a useful weapon.

What's the video restore bios int?
								Pavel
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