From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756294AbYICVBe (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:01:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755554AbYICVBY (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:01:24 -0400 Received: from gv-out-0910.google.com ([216.239.58.191]:53027 "EHLO gv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753623AbYICVBX (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2008 17:01:23 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-disposition:user-agent; b=n3/b9KikYzY1vQ1jsyNnpV57QFdKMcEiITch6aw+q1yoOI5pjfhlxkyvkM6T204g3L Q4gmFlTaCkPxz7mXzyt4JoBfvzXcs2pWE88Z1SSqP6JN6a70Ud956nSLSty4fclxVyxg lKBFe8+vOnq8QFfaQoBGm2kDwmAr+MAcM4HDY= Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:03:02 +0400 From: Alexey Dobriyan To: akpm@osdl.org Cc: hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] Remove remnants of CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT (read: vga=) Message-ID: <20080903210302.GA4006@x200.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 --- 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 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)"