UVESAFB in kernel 2.6.24

Bill Nottingham notting at redhat.com
Tue Jan 8 17:05:13 UTC 2008


Mark (markg85 at gmail.com) said: 
> > Why wouldn't it be a module like (most) other framebuffers?
> 
> Well.. vesafb is also enabled with 'y' and because uvesafb is it's
> successor it seems logical to me that it also gets enabled with 'y'
> (not as a module but build in). Perhaps a good idea for fedora to add
> a anaconda installer option that allows you to set the boot resolution
> or add the option in the firstboot.

AFAIK, we don't ship the tools for uvesafb, so it's a little late for
it to be a successor. How does it execute them if it's built-in, anyway?

Bill




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