Re: Framebuffer devices as modules?

On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 06:05:34AM +0800, Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> Florian Echtler wrote:
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> >Hi, I was trying to have fbcon and nvidiafb as modules, however,
> >the console stays plain VGA when I load both. fbset complains 
> >about "no such device: /dev/fb0".. (the device itself exists, and
> >works when everything is compiled into the kernel).
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> What kernel version are you using?

BTW, would it be possible to use the new initramfs infrastructure, to move the
fbdev drivers out of the kernel and into their own initramfs thingy, and still
be able to start them as early as possible ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther



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