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Subject: Re: options VESA --> where is it ?
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2005/12/6, David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org>:
> SuSE Linux has nice high-res console when running on amd64 machines.
> Figuring out the techniques they use may be helpful.

If you mean VESA framebuffer driver, the comment in
linux/drivers/video/vesafb.c
says that it enters graphics mode at boot time while still in real mode.

Jia-Shiun.