The x86-based OLPC XO systems apparently don't support a VGA-compatible text mode, so text consoles on these systems require the lxfb driver. This was previously built-in to the i386 kernel images, but for reasons explained in in #686528 it was changed to a module.
The module can be auto-loaded based on a PCI device ID. However, framebuffer drivers are generally blacklisted for auto-loading by a configuration file installed in udev, and lxfb is included in this blacklist. This will result in a regression when upgrading one of these systems from squeeze. (Although I don't think Debian kernel images have ever had complete support for them.) I've opened bug #705784 for this against udev, and Marco has said he's willing for me to NMU it. Alternately, in the kernel, I can revert the change to a module, or rename the module to evade the blacklist, but neither of those is particularly nice. But I think any kernel changes now are going to be too disruptive to the installer. Can the release team recommend what to do? Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club.
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