From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753205AbYIVUI5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:08:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751127AbYIVUIt (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:08:49 -0400 Received: from ppp-111-105.adsl.restena.lu ([158.64.111.105]:49052 "EHLO bonbons.gotdns.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750978AbYIVUIs (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:08:48 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 467 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:08:48 EDT Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:00:54 +0200 From: Bruno =?UTF-8?B?UHLDqW1vbnQ=?= To: Krzysztof Helt Cc: Michal Januszewski , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH] fbdev: don't allow to set a video mode via vga= if FB doesn't support it Message-ID: <20080922220054.4e74c099@neptune.home> In-Reply-To: <20080922214747.c8bc57eb.krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm> References: <20080921210219.GC21215@spock.one.pl> <20080922214747.c8bc57eb.krzysztof.h1@poczta.fm> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Michal Januszewski > Currently, it is possible to set a VESA graphics mode at boot time > via the vga= parameter even when no framebuffer driver supporting > this is configured. This could lead to the system booting with a > black screen, without a usable console. > This looks pretty much the same as what I requested some time ago: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8062 Would need to check -mm archives for the actual patch. Don't remember why it did not make it to mainline... Bruno