Re: [patch] Require VM86 with VESA framebuffer

On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 09:13 -0500, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> Force VM86 when VESA framebuffer is enabled and fix a typo
> in the VM86 config entry. If VM86 is disabled there will
> be problems when starting X using the VESA driver.


this sounds wrong.

The kernel works fine; it's X that needs vm86.. (but it needs that
anyway).... but that's no reason to make one kernel option require
another....


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