From: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@jcrosoft.com>
To: Juergen Beisert <jbe@pengutronix.de>
Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] LINUX16: Add selection of the VESA video mode
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 17:51:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110107165128.GA15365@game.jcrosoft.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1294389316-6569-10-git-send-email-jbe@pengutronix.de>
> }
> }
>
> @@ -227,6 +243,14 @@ static int do_linux16(struct command *cmdtp, int argc, char *argv[])
> goto on_error;
> }
>
> + /*
> + * The kernel does not check for the "vga=<val>" kernel command line
> + * parameter anymore. It expects this kind of information in the
> + * boot parameters instead.
> + */
> + if (vid_mode != NORMAL_VGA)
> + lh->vid_mode = vid_mode;
> +
> /* If SETUP_SECTS is not set, set it to the default. */
> if (setup_sects == 0) {
> printf("Fixing setup sector count\n");
> @@ -297,8 +321,9 @@ on_error:
> }
>
> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_START(linux16)
> -BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_USAGE("linux16 <file>\n")
> -BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_SHORT("Boot a kernel on x86 via real mode code.\n")
> +BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_USAGE("linux16 <file> [-v <mode>]\n")
> +BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_SHORT("Boot a kernel <file> on x86 via real mode code.\n")
> +BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-v <mode>", "VESA video mode number or 'ask'\n")
> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
>
> /**
> @@ -307,6 +332,10 @@ BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
> <p> Only kernel images in bzImage format are supported by now. See \ref
> x86_boot_preparation for more info about how to use this command.</p>
>
> +<p> For the video mode refer the Linux kernel documentation
> +'Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt' for correct VESA mode numbers. If the keyword
> +'ask' instead of a number is given, the starting kernel will ask for a number.
missing </p>?
Best Regards,
J.
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-07 8:35 Various fixes to make barebox's x86 support working again Juergen Beisert
2011-01-07 8:35 ` [PATCH 01/10] x86: Remove not used expressions from the makefile Juergen Beisert
2011-01-07 8:35 ` [PATCH 02/10] x86: Use the generic linker script initializing Juergen Beisert
2011-01-07 8:35 ` [PATCH 03/10] x86 ATA: Don't touch the size entry for the BIOS disk based device Juergen Beisert
2011-01-07 8:35 ` [PATCH 04/10] x86 Generic platform: Fix some typos Juergen Beisert
2011-01-07 8:35 ` [PATCH 05/10] x86 Generic platform: Fix disk drive name Juergen Beisert
2011-01-07 8:35 ` [PATCH 06/10] x86 Generic platform: Fix prompt name Juergen Beisert
2011-01-07 8:35 ` [PATCH 07/10] x86: Remove 'uboot' from file names Juergen Beisert
2011-01-07 8:35 ` [PATCH 08/10] Change 'linux16' command to use getopt() Juergen Beisert
2011-01-07 8:35 ` [PATCH 09/10] LINUX16: Add selection of the VESA video mode Juergen Beisert
2011-01-07 16:51 ` Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD [this message]
2011-01-13 15:22 ` Juergen Beisert
2011-01-13 15:25 ` Robert Schwebel
2011-01-07 8:35 ` [PATCH 10/10] LINUX16: Fix warning Juergen Beisert
2011-03-08 14:48 [PATCH] Various fixes to make barebox's x86 support working again Juergen Beisert
2011-03-08 14:48 ` [PATCH 09/10] LINUX16: Add selection of the VESA video mode Juergen Beisert
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