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SubjectRe: Description should be updated
Danny Beaudoin wrote:
> Hi again!
> In Device Drivers/Graphics Support/Console display driver support/VGA
> test console (NEW)

drivers/video/console/Kconfig

> The description is the following:
> "
> Saying Y here will allow you to use Linux in text mode through a
> display that complies with the generic VGA standard. Virtually
> everyone wants that.
>
> The program SVGATextMode can be used to utilize SVGA video cards to
> their full potential in text mode. Download it from
> <ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/console/>.
>
> Say Y.
> "
> This is not an option anymore and there is no choice to be made,
> therefore the user doesn't have to/can't say Y. This should be only a
> description.

It is an option if EMBEDDED is true or X86 is false.
For usual X86 it is forced to 'y'.
However, if you can suggest some better description,
that's OK too.

> Thanks for last time, I hadn't realized that there was a
> misunderstanding on what I meant
> and "Are you sure? It makes sense to me the way it currently is..."
> made me think that you didn't see the use of having all 'x86' written
> all the same, with a lowercase x. :-)
>
> Well, good job guys, keep it up!


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~Randy
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