Re: Description should be updated

From: David Ford
Date: Mon Dec 13 2004 - 08:45:49 EST


Danny, attached is a patch you may like.

David

Randy.Dunlap wrote:

Danny Beaudoin wrote:

Hi again!
In Device Drivers/Graphics Support/Console display driver support/VGA test console (NEW)

--- drivers/video/console/Kconfig~ 2004-12-13 08:41:30.926219984 -0500
+++ drivers/video/console/Kconfig 2004-12-13 08:41:30.927219832 -0500
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
depends on !ARCH_ACORN && !ARCH_EBSA110 && !4xx && !8xx && !SPARC32 && !SPARC64 && !M68K && !PARISC
default y
help
- Saying Y here will allow you to use Linux in text mode through a
- display that complies with the generic VGA standard. Virtually
- everyone wants that.
+ This is always enabled on X86 systems. If your system is embedded
+ or not X86 and you want to use Linux in text mode through a
+ display that complies with the generic VGA standard, say Y here.

The program SVGATextMode can be used to utilize SVGA video cards to
their full potential in text mode. Download it from
<ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/console/>.

- Say Y.
+ If unsure, say Y (default).

# if [ "$CONFIG_PCI" = "y" -a "$CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE" = "y" ]; then
# bool ' Allow VGA on any bus?' CONFIG_VGA_HOSE