[Xen-ia64-devel] Re: [PATCH] [CONSOLE] Set vga_con before using it

[Horms <horms@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 08:47:51PM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 11:06 +0900, Simon Horman wrote:
> > It seems that before the code checks the value of vga_con,
> > any code that sets it should be run.
> > 
> > Is this correct?
> 
>    Nope, we just changed this a couple weeks ago, see here:
> 
> http://xenbits.xensource.com/ext/ia64/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg?rev/a504ee7aae90
> 
> The code that sets it earlier is in the PCDP setup.  If we move the code
> chunk earlier, we have no way to determine of conswitchp is set to the
> default or set intelligently by the PCDP table.  Thanks,

Thanks. That patch was a bit of a stab in the dark to be honest.

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