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Framebuffer console support for i386 and amd64
Hey folks --
My goal is to nuke vesafb, and replace it with genfb in the i386 and
amd64 kernels. This is a prereq to having proper splash screen support.
I would like to check in the following changes to the x86 bootloader and
kernel. Any objections?
http://www.invisible.ca/~jmcneill/outgoing/x86fb/
With the above changes and the proper options in your kernel config, you
can select a framebuffer mode in the bootloader by doing 'vesa modenum',
so a boot.cfg entry would look like this for eg. 640x480x8:
menu=Boot NetBSD:vesa 0x101;boot netbsd
The required kernel options are:
genfb* at pci? dev ? function ?
wsdisplay* at wsemuldisplaydev?
Cheers,
Jared
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