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Date:      Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:10:50 +0200
From:      Roger Pau =?utf-8?B?TW9ubsOp?= <royger@freebsd.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        rgrimes@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r335629 - in head: share/man/man4 sys/dev/vt/hw/vga
Message-ID:  <20180626071050.cywzvicvddomiceh@mac.bytemobile.com>
In-Reply-To: <20180626052127.GA19828@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201806250939.w5P9dGMA067104@repo.freebsd.org> <201806251543.w5PFhp8g099163@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <20180626052127.GA19828@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 05:21:27AM +0000, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 08:43:51AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > > New Revision: 335629
> > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/335629
> > > 
> > > Log:
> > >   vt: add option to ignore NO_VGA flag in ACPI
> > >   
> > >   To workaround buggy firmware that sets this flag when there's actually
> > >   a VGA present.
> > >   
> > >   Reported and tested by:	Yasuhiro KIMURA <yasu@utahime.org>
> > >   Sponsored by:		Citrix Systems R&D
> > >   Reviewed by:		kib
> > >   Differential revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D16003
> > 
> > It is generally best to avoid double negatives,
> > couldnt this of been better named? (hw.vga.acpi_force_vga)
> 
> Yes please; I get constantly confused when calculating negatives and
> often get them wrong.

This is specifically done to workaround a firmware bug where some
buggy firmwares set the NO_VGA flag in ACPI. So the option does
exactly what the name says, it ignores the NO_VGA flag in ACPI. IMO
acpi_force_vga is not as descriptive as the current name.

Roger.



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