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From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
To: akpm@osdl.org
Cc: hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Remove remnants of CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT (read: vga=)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:03:02 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080903210302.GA4006@x200.localdomain> (raw)

Video mode selection became always possible in 2.6.23-rc1 after i386 setup
code rewrite in C.

Regardless, VIDEO_SELECT is stupid config option because it affects only
kernel setup code, not code which always stays in memory.

vga= always possible now which is good.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
---

 arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig   |    1 -
 arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig |    1 -
 drivers/video/Kconfig             |    2 --
 drivers/video/console/Kconfig     |   16 ----------------
 4 files changed, 20 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
@@ -1531,7 +1531,6 @@ CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK=y
 CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_SIZE=64
-CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
 CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
 # CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is not set
 CONFIG_LOGO=y
--- a/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig
@@ -1508,7 +1508,6 @@ CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK=y
 CONFIG_VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_SIZE=64
-CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
 CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
 # CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is not set
 CONFIG_LOGO=y
--- a/drivers/video/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig
@@ -673,7 +673,6 @@ config FB_VESA
 	select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
 	select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
 	select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
-	select VIDEO_SELECT
 	help
 	  This is the frame buffer device driver for generic VESA 2.0
 	  compliant graphic cards. The older VESA 1.2 cards are not supported.
@@ -1578,7 +1577,6 @@ config FB_CYBLA
 	tristate "Cyberblade/i1 support"
 	depends on FB && PCI && X86_32 && !64BIT
 	select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
-	select VIDEO_SELECT
 	---help---
 	  This driver is supposed to support the Trident Cyberblade/i1
 	  graphics core integrated in the VIA VT8601A North Bridge,
--- a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
@@ -43,22 +43,6 @@ config VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_SIZE
 	 buffer.  Each 64KB will give you approximately 16 80x25
 	 screenfuls of scrollback buffer
 
-config VIDEO_SELECT
-	bool "Video mode selection support"
-	depends on  X86 && VGA_CONSOLE
-	---help---
-	  This enables support for text mode selection on kernel startup. If
-	  you want to take advantage of some high-resolution text mode your
-	  card's BIOS offers, but the traditional Linux utilities like
-	  SVGATextMode don't, you can say Y here and set the mode using the
-	  "vga=" option from your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) or set
-	  "vga=ask" which brings up a video mode menu on kernel startup. (Try
-	  "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader about
-	  how to pass options to the kernel.)
-
-	  Read the file <file:Documentation/svga.txt> for more information
-	  about the Video mode selection support. If unsure, say N.
-
 config MDA_CONSOLE
 	depends on !M68K && !PARISC && ISA
 	tristate "MDA text console (dual-headed) (EXPERIMENTAL)"


             reply	other threads:[~2008-09-03 21:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-03 21:03 Alexey Dobriyan [this message]
2008-09-03 21:13 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-09-04 11:56 ` Ingo Molnar

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