Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 21:00:11 +0800 From: Jia-Shiun Li <jiashiun@gmail.com> To: vd@datamax.bg Cc: pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: options VESA --> where is it ? Message-ID: <1d6d20bc0601020500p41a6101ao@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051220145023.GA48817@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> References: <20051201182200.29630.qmail@web32911.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20051205174356.GA76476@dragon.NUXI.org> <1d6d20bc0512190232v5591adabw@mail.gmail.com> <20051220145023.GA48817@qlovarnika.bg.datamax>
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2005/12/20, Vasil Dimov <vd@datamax.bg>: > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 06:32:11PM +0800, Jia-Shiun Li wrote: > > 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= . > > > Some time ago I pondered switching the video mode at early boot time and > wondered if it would be less work to do... If I understood the source correctly, freebsd/amd64 switches to long mode in loader stage before the kernel is run. Jia-Shiun.
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