From: cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) Subject: Re: "Automagic" shoelace Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1992 19:59:56 GMT
In article <1992Jul16.183143.14340@pool.info.sunyit.edu>, ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) writes:
> In article <1992Jul15.180931@hammer.Prime.COM> cummings@hammer.Prime.COM (Kevin Cummings) writes:
> >In article <X59XNB5w165w@ssg.com>, unixsys@ssg.com (Rick Emerson) writes:
> >
> >> On a slightly related topic, where's the script that controls choosing
> >> between SVGA and normal modes? I'd like to drop through to the desired
> >> mode automagically here, too.
> >
> >That would be in linux/boot/setup.S
> >
>
> There is an svga_mode patch on tsx-11 for setting the video mode at boot
> time. I've used it since Linux 0.95c, and have been pleased with it.
> Just install the patch, edit the top level Makefile to select the desired
> video mode, and recompile the kernel. It's easier than editing setup.S. :-)
Maybe so, but setup.S has just changed for 0.96c-pl1. I know, because I
added the VESA checking to it. So the old patch file probably won't work.
Maybe I can do a few things with conditional compilation and a selection
in the Makefile?
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