Re: amd64 9.1, pre-wscons text colours?

To: tech-kern%netbsd.org@localhost, Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>
Subject: Re: amd64 9.1, pre-wscons text colours?
From: Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 13:05:01 +0100

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 09:32:26AM +0100, Reinoud Zandijk wrote:

> you mean you don't get a graphic console right away on that machine? Is this
> BIOS related?

With UEFI you start with genfb.

With BIOS there are three possibilities (ignoring the ega driver or
pcconsole):
- VGA text mode (the default)
- VGA graphics mode (if compiled with option VGA_RASTERCONSOLE)
- VESA graphics mode with genfb.


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-- 
                                Michael van Elst
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References:
- amd64 9.1, pre-wscons text colours?
  - From: Mouse
- Re: amd64 9.1, pre-wscons text colours?
  - From: Michael van Elst
- Re: amd64 9.1, pre-wscons text colours?
  - From: Reinoud Zandijk

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