Re: kernel-image-2.4.8-powerpc
On 14 Oct, this message from Daniel Jacobowitz echoed through cyberspace:
>> Hardware: Motorola StarMax 3000/160 (pmac 4400 clone, 160 MHz 603e),
>> built-in Mach64 VT 1MB, PCI MacPicasso 540 (Cirrus Logic GD5480 chipset,
>> 4 MB).
>>
>> * Using BootX, it always boots with the console on the Mach64,
>> unless I check the "No video driver" box. (Didn't have a VGA
>> monitor to see what was wrong until this morning, the MacPicasso
>> has that funny Apple monitor port.) This behavior is different
>> from 2.2.19, but I'm not sure whether it should be considered a
>> problem...
>
> Probably not a real problem; you can force the load order on the
> command line, though I don't remember how.
You specify your required load order via command line options thus:
video=controlfb:vram:3 video=matrox:off
The options I gave above are of no particular importance, except maybe
to show how _not_ to load a framebuffer driver. The above gives me
controlfb on /dev/fb0, and matrox switched off. Omitting ':off' gives me
matroxfb on /dev/fb1.
For the exact name string for your framebuffer drivers, you probably
have to look at the source code. I know of no place where they are all
listed (as the complete framebuffer stuff is rather poorly documented).
Cheers
Michel
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