[PATCH 2.6.7-bk] vram boot option
From: Marc-Christian Petersen
Date: Sun May 30 2004 - 18:06:09 EST
Hi Linus,
could we either change that boot opion to "vram:" to be equal to 2.4 or should
we change 2.4 to be equal to 2.6.7-bk? I guess we should do the 1st.
I'm speaking about this one:
http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/gnupatch@40ba1aa0CbdwIRz9E1pww0NREOd4nQ
And document the option, please!
ciao, Marc
--- a/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt 2003-12-18 03:59:06.000000000 +0100
+++ b/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt 2004-05-31 01:01:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ pmipal Use the protected mode interface
mtrr setup memory type range registers for the vesafb framebuffer.
+vram:n remap 'n' MiB of video RAM. If 0 or not specified, remap memory
+ according to video mode. (2.5.66 patch/idea by Antonino Daplas
+ reversed to give override possibility (allocate more fb memory
+ than the kernel would) to 2.4 by tmb@xxxxxx)
Have fun!
--- a/drivers/video/vesafb.c 2004-05-31 00:59:41.000000000 +0200
+++ b/drivers/video/vesafb.c 2004-05-31 01:00:29.000000000 +0200
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ int __init vesafb_setup(char *options)
mtrr=1;
else if (! strcmp(this_opt, "nomtrr"))
mtrr=0;
- else if (! strncmp(this_opt, "vram=", 5))
+ else if (! strncmp(this_opt, "vram:", 5))
vram = simple_strtoul(this_opt+5, NULL, 0);
}
return 0;