Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] fbdev: don't allow to set a video mode via vga= if FB doesn't support it
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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date: 2008-09-22 20:29:22
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:00:54 +0200 Bruno Prémont [off-list ref] wrote:
From: Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>quoted
Currently, it is possible to set a VESA graphics mode at boot time via the vga= parameter even when no framebuffer driver supporting this is configured. This could lead to the system booting with a black screen, without a usable console.This looks pretty much the same as what I requested some time ago: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8062 Would need to check -mm archives for the actual patch. Don't remember why it did not make it to mainline...
If someone can give me some idea of what that patch looked like then I can go hunt it down, find out why it didn't make it.