Re: [PATCH 7/7] video/vesa: adjust (not just) command line option handling

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 27.04.2021 16:04, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 27.04.2021 15:49, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> However, is there really any value in these options?  I can't see a case
>> where their use will result in a less broken system.
> 
> Well, if we mis-detect VRAM size, the respective option might indeed
> help. I'm less certain of the utility of the mapping option, the more
> that now there's no possible (and implicit) effect on MTRRs anymore.

Actually I was wrong with referring to an implied effect on MTRRs - that
would come from "vesa-ram=". "vesa-map=" may help if we mis-detected the
space we actually need for the mode. However, we'd then be screwed up
elsewhere as well, so I guess I'll add a patch removing "vesa-map=" as
well.

Jan