linux-kernel - Re: Kernel configuration should warn when KMS is switched on but framebuffer console is not?

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Date:	Sun, 31 Oct 2010 10:29:28 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	"wzabolot@...ktron.elka.pw.edu.pl" <W.Zabolotny@...a.pw.edu.pl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel configuration should warn when KMS is switched on but
 framebuffer console is not?

On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:34:43 +0200 wzabolot@...ktron.elka.pw.edu.pl wrote:

> To avoid the problems described in the above bug reports, maybe the kernel
> configuration should check and warn when CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS is set to "y"
> while CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE is not set to "y"?

What "above bug reports" are you referring to, please?

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~Randy
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