Thread (5 messages) flat view 5 messages, 2 authors, 2009-01-06

Re: yaboot: text mode or graphics mode?

From: Matt Sealey <hidden>
Date: 2009-01-06 01:04:55

They should be mapped into PCI address space with the rest, you should 
note though that a bunch of people have asked this a bunch of times and 
the response is usually null.

If you want to output debugging info, try a serial port, or if you're 
still at the point in boot where the OF is still around, you can still 
output to it (check prom_init.c) and if not, the open firmware 
framebuffer console driver is your best friend..

sumedh tirodkar wrote:
Isn't there any other way that i can access the VGA registers? So as
to reconfigure them...

-Sumedh

On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 4:15 AM, Matt Sealey [off-list ref] wrote:
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sumedh tirodkar wrote:
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I just found out that openfirmware boots into graphics mode(non-text
mode). Now i wish to switch back to text mode. how do i do this?
Unfortunately unless you are running some kind of yaboot-accessible or
firmware-accessible x86 BIOS emulation, this isn't possible.

--
Matt
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