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To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: HEADS UP: console code change 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 19 Sep 1999 23:29:33 MST."
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:43:36 +0800
From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
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Doug White wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Sep 1999, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote:
> 
> > Becase of the following change in /sys/dev/syscons, you need to
> > recompile both the kernel, the vesa module and screen savers.
> 
> [insert mandatory grumble about breaking compatibility here]

Well, if you forget to sync the modules, I can vouch for the panic at
startup...  (kernel page fault, virtual address 0x54 here)

Cheers,
-Peter



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