On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Chris Tribo wrote:

: > It'd probably be possible to use the "vga* at pci?" attachment of wscons,
: > retaining the OFW console for a fallback in the case that the video chip
: > doesn't self-identify as VGA compatible....
:
: 	Does that require the said video card to have a VGA BIOS
: in order to work?

About this I'm not sure, but:

: Does vga* use text mode for the console?

Normally (and on i386 PC's), yes.

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