linux-kernel - Re: Please revert 464bdd33e9baad9806c7adbd8dfc37081a55f27e

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Date:	Wed, 09 May 2007 13:56:33 +0800
From:	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Please revert 464bdd33e9baad9806c7adbd8dfc37081a55f27e

On Tue, 2007-05-08 at 19:56 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Checkin 464bdd33e9baad9806c7adbd8dfc37081a55f27e "fbdev: ignore VESA
> modes if framebuffer is disabled" is just plain wrong on any system
> which has support for extended text modes in its VESA BIOS.
> 
> Antonio is incorrectly assuming this branchout is used only to set VESA
> graphics modes, but it's to set any VESA mode, be it text or graphics.
> 

Okay.

Tony


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