Re: Framebuffer devices as modules?

Sven Luther wrote:
> 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).
>> 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 ?

I don't see why not. You can compile fbcon statically, and the drivers as modules.
Or both fbcon and drivers as modules.

Tony


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