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Date:      Mon, 2 Jan 2006 21:00:11 +0800
From:      Jia-Shiun Li <jiashiun@gmail.com>
To:        vd@datamax.bg
Cc:        pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: options VESA --> where is it ?
Message-ID:  <1d6d20bc0601020500p41a6101ao@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20051220145023.GA48817@qlovarnika.bg.datamax>
References:  <20051201182200.29630.qmail@web32911.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20051205174356.GA76476@dragon.NUXI.org> <1d6d20bc0512190232v5591adabw@mail.gmail.com> <20051220145023.GA48817@qlovarnika.bg.datamax>

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2005/12/20, Vasil Dimov <vd@datamax.bg>:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 06:32:11PM +0800, Jia-Shiun Li wrote:
> > If you mean VESA framebuffer driver, the comment in
> > linux/drivers/video/vesafb.c
> > says that it enters graphics mode at boot time while still in real mode=
.
> >
> Some time ago I pondered switching the video mode at early boot time and
> wondered if it would be less work to do...

If I understood the source correctly, freebsd/amd64 switches to long
mode in loader stage before the kernel is run.

Jia-Shiun.



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