Bug#336450: linux-image-2.6.14-1-686: 2.6.14-1-686 doesn't support vga=795 o

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Oct 31, 2005 at 10:57:54AM +0900, Horms wrote:
> > Vesafb is no more modular now, and should either have been dropped fully or
> > builtin, please check the config file.
> 
> As the driver is no longer modular it is now built into the kernel
> on all i386 and amd64 architectures. It is not included
> in any other achitecture, but I believe this was the case
> when it was modular.
> 
> # grep -r VESA debian/arch/ | grep -v .svn
> debian/arch/i386/config:CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
> debian/arch/amd64/config:CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
> 
> The reason that it has been changed from modular to builtin, 
> is that making it modular was a somewhat problematic patch.
> I hope we can find a solution that doesn't lead us back to
> that code.

Still, i don't think its modular vs builtin nature should change things,
except if some stuff noz use vesafb, while vga16fb was used previously.

Not sure, i deal in real framebuffer devices, not pale imitations like vesafb
or vga16fb.

Friendly,

Sven Luther