grub-devel
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [PATCH] Improve handling of "keep" in gfxpayload


From: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Improve handling of "keep" in gfxpayload
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:01:06 +0200

>
> Hmm. You seem to be right, on investigation (I'd missed the fact that
> the 32-bit boot protocol skips a whole bunch of initialisation code),
> but in that case I'm thoroughly confused about why setting it made any
> difference at all in my tests. Back to the drawing board, I guess.
>
> (It's not actually quite true that vid_mode isn't used *at all* with the
> 32-bit boot protocol; it's still saved for use with ACPI sleep.)
>
>> Does 0x0F04 really do something when used in combination with Linux' vesafb?
>
> It seems to be 16-bit boot protocol only. I withdraw this patch for the
> time being as I'm obviously confused.
If these numbers are still needed it needs to be uniform between
gfxpayload=1024x768 or gfxpayload=keep + gfxmode=1024x768. Derive the
number from video mode information if you really need it
>
> --
> Colin Watson                                       address@hidden
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Grub-devel mailing list
> address@hidden
> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
>



-- 
Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko

Personal git repository: http://repo.or.cz/w/grub2/phcoder.git




reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]