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From: Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@posting.7eggert.dyndns.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] Kdump: Disabling PCI interrupts in capture kernel
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Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@in.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hi Alan, I know very little about consoles and their working.
> I had a question. Even if console is being managed by platform firmware, in
> initial states of booting, does it require interrupts to be enabled at
> VGA contorller (at least for the simple text mode).

VGA does not use interrupts for normal operation, even in graphics mode.
It can generate them for synchronisation.
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