new patch for kernel

Michal Margula alchemyx at uznam.top.pl
Mon Feb 19 14:43:58 CET 2001


[poniedziałek, 19 luty 2001], Jacek Konieczny napisał(a):

> But this won't fork for VesaFB, as Vesa videomode can be only initialised
> on startup (before the kernel enters protected mode). 
> So the VesaFB and all modules needed by it must be compiled into kernel 
> (now some parts are compiled as modules, so when vesa mode is enabled in
> lilo.conf kernel won't start!). Other frame-buffer drivers can (and IMHO should)
> be compiled as modules (but you won't get boot logo on those frame-buffers).

damn
so thats the reason why vesafb does not work on my pc.

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