From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 27 09:34:08 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1033) id B520A1065670; Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:34:08 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:34:08 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev To: Jung-uk Kim Message-ID: <20100127093408.GA16869@FreeBSD.org> References: <200911032022.nA3KM96H003434@svn.freebsd.org> <86aaw0kjko.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20100126153027.GA65470@FreeBSD.org> <201001261417.06116.jkim@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201001261417.06116.jkim@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav , svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r198858 - in head/sys: dev/fb dev/syscons sys X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:34:08 -0000 On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 02:16:49PM -0500, Jung-uk Kim wrote: > On Tuesday 26 January 2010 10:30 am, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > I understand; I was thinking if maybe there are some "hackish" or > > indirect way to tell that BIOS is lying. > > Probably you mean something like the attached patch? Basically, with > this patch, we ignore the VGA compatibility flag if the DAC mode is > higher than 6-bit. Let me know if it works for you. Yup, this patch also works. It is kinda funny to observe the big creepy ASCII-artish beastie floating around darker screen (looks like shifted palette thing again) after *unloading* vesa.ko and then invoking logo screensaver. :-) ./danfe