Re: bttv and mga

Adam Sulmicki (adam@cfar.umd.edu)
Sat, 10 Oct 1998 12:14:47 -0400

->> In the 2.1.117 days I used to pass param like : "video=map:00001111"
->> to lilo get mga on F-5 to F-8 and vga on remaining 8 consoles. It
->> does not seems to work in 120 and 125 anymore. In case of 125 I get
->> automatically mga on 12-15. Any comments? Has the 'map:' been depreciated?
-> In post-2.1.124 kernels MDA support doesn't use FBcon at all -- it's a separate
->console driver now and it has its own parameters. Use "mdacon=5-8" to get what
->you want.

Thanks for info. However, unfortunatelly, it does not seems to work.

[adam@amd /]$ cat /proc/cmdline
auto BOOT_IMAGE=125 ro root=303 ip=off mdacon=5-8 console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0

[adam@amd /]$ dmesg | grep -i mda
mdacon: MDA with 4K of memory detected.
Console: switching consoles 12-15 to MDA-2

And indeed, switching consoles shows that it is from 12 not from 5.

As soon as my petition to extend day from 24hrs to 36hr, I'll use my
spare,copious, time to take a look into it :)

Adam

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