Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Cleanups for the nomodeset kernel command line parameter logic

2021-11-08 Thread Jani Nikula
On Mon, 08 Nov 2021, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > Hello Thomas, > > On 11/8/21 13:50, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: >> Hi >> >> Am 08.11.21 um 13:15 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas: >>> There is a lot of historical baggage on this parameter. It is defined in >>> the vgacon driver as nomodeset, b

Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Cleanups for the nomodeset kernel command line parameter logic

2021-11-08 Thread Javier Martinez Canillas
Hello Thomas, On 11/8/21 13:50, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > Hi > > Am 08.11.21 um 13:15 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas: >> There is a lot of historical baggage on this parameter. It is defined in >> the vgacon driver as nomodeset, but its set function is called text_mode() >> and the value queri

Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] Cleanups for the nomodeset kernel command line parameter logic

2021-11-08 Thread Thomas Zimmermann
Hi Am 08.11.21 um 13:15 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas: There is a lot of historical baggage on this parameter. It is defined in the vgacon driver as nomodeset, but its set function is called text_mode() and the value queried with a function named vgacon_text_force(). All this implies that it

[PATCH v3 0/6] Cleanups for the nomodeset kernel command line parameter logic

2021-11-08 Thread Javier Martinez Canillas
There is a lot of historical baggage on this parameter. It is defined in the vgacon driver as nomodeset, but its set function is called text_mode() and the value queried with a function named vgacon_text_force(). All this implies that it's about forcing text mode for VGA, yet it is not used in nei