David> Jes.Sorensen@cern.ch said:
>> "Kendall" == Kendall Bennett <KendallB@scitechsoft.com> writes: >
>> However when does the fbcon stuff get initialised, and Kendall> can
>> it > be initialised late enough in the bootup sequence such
>> Kendall> that > the device drivers for the console can be loaded
>> from Kendall> the > file system? What sort of problems are we
>> going to have Kendall> to > face getting our driver loading code
>> working in the Kendall> kernel?
>> Start by taking a look at Geert's abscon page:
>> http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/Console/
>> It is possible to do loadable frame buffers.
David> It's possible to do loadable filesystems, but we still can't
David> have our root filesystem as a module.
Boot with vgacon if you have a PC with a VGA compatible display and
insmod the frame buffer later.
Jes
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