Re: 2.6.0-test3 VGA console inevitable?

[Ricky Beam]

On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Herbert [iso-8859-1] Pötzl wrote:
>ahh got it, one has to select
> ->  Remove kernel features (for embedded systems)
>
>then VT/VGA_CONSOLE can be removed ...

Yes, that is an "idiot proofing" change for 2.6 so people don't accidentally
turn off the video and keyboard -- as will happen if a 2.4 .config is used
in 2.6.

(It took me a minute to realize why the options for turning off input weren't
 avaliable... on sparc64 no less.)

--Ricky


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