Re: vga text console

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



>> I'm kind of surprised that the VGA console can't be built as a module,
>> like the other console drivers in the kernel can be. Is this on purpose,
>> or is it just that nobody has gotten around to it?
>
>It's possible to make vgacon modular, the changes required will be
>minimal. It would seem that nobody ever had a need for it, so that was
>never done.

Maybe someday this will happen automagically when VGA/FB switching 
is finished.


Jan Engelhardt
-- 
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

[Index of Archives]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Photo]     [Stuff]     [Gimp]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Video 4 Linux]     [Linux for the blind]     [Linux Resources]
  Powered by Linux