Re: my opinion about VGA devices

[Oliver Neukum]

> I guess that you are talking about the fact that displaying text 
> messages would be possible only after the first device driver has 
> initialized and registered with the kernel.

No, the kernel cannot print at all.
 
> You could do the printing in two stages: at the begining the same way as 
> in the current kernel, but as soon as the first driver is registered, 
> the kernel switches to the function provided by the driver.

The current kernel can print only if the video chipset is initialised
to a certain degree, which usually the firmware or the boot loader
provide for.

	Regards
		Oliver
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