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On 23/05/2008, at 2:21 PM, Sam Fourman Jr. wrote:

> Amd64 platform currently has no options to change the primitive  
> 80x25 mode
> text console as VESA is not supported.
>
> I would REALLLY like to see better frame buffer support in FreeBSD
>
> Sam Fourman Jr.


This becomes increasingly important as we move away from BIOS based
machines. New systems will be using EFI 2.0/2.1 spec and as such support
the Graphics Output Protocol which is set to replace the  
functionality that
currently exists with VGA hardware and its corresponding video BIOS.

The Graphics Output Protocol provides the EFI OS loader access to a
hardware frame buffer and enough information to allow the OS to
draw directly to the graphics output device.