Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:36:19 +0000 From: James Griffin <griffin8j@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: configuring kernel for vt console driver Message-ID: <548EAB93.8030802@gmail.com>
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Hi everyone I'm tinkering with vt(4) tunables in loader.conf to get a console I like for use with my machine. My monitor is 1440x900 dimensions so I've set the tunable kern.vt.fb.default_mode=1440x900. I would like the i915 kms driver to be loaded as early on in the boot process as possible so I can get the nice resolution early on too. Currently, I have got the hw.vga.textmode=1 tunable set so it does start out in text mode, then switches over to the kms driver (i915kms). What i'd like to know is: if I take out the hw.vga.textmode=1 tunable 'should' this start my console in fb mode straight away or, will the resolution switch over to fb mode from a not so desirable resolution still - similar to what is happening now? so, is hw.vga.textmode=1 needed/recommended and; If I put the corresponding kernel config options in the kernel config file and recompile my kernel will it speed it all up significantly? I'm gunna change the default colors so compiling and installing a custom kernel is something i'm going to do anyway. and finally; The settings i've described so far, is that the correct way to achieve the resolution 1440x900 in fb mode using the i915 driver as soon as possible in the boot process or, should I be doing it differently? Here are the vt settings i've got in /boot/loader.conf: i915kms_load="YES" kern.vty=vt hw.vga.textmode=1 kern.vt.fb.default_mode="1440x900" Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any feedback you might provide. Cheers, Jamie
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