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Date:      Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:40:29 +0100 (CET)
From:      Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
To:        freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: VESA/SC_PIXEL_MODE in amd64 kernel
Message-ID:  <200602141440.k1EEeTTX064013@lurza.secnetix.de>
In-Reply-To: <200602141420.14987.ashley.moran@codeweavers.net>

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Ashley Moran <ashley.moran@codeweavers.net> wrote:
 > Does anyone know why VESA is missing from the amd64 kernel options?

Because FreeBSD/amd64 cannot perform calls to the VESA BIOS
functions (which are 32bit i386 code, not amd64).

If you need higher resolution than 80x25 on the console,
I recommend you use Xorg.

Best regards
   Oliver

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