Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:42:13 +0300 | From | Kalev Lember <> | Subject | Re: kexec and framebuffer |
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Gerd Hoffmann wrote: >> I am wondering what would be the preferred method to extract screen_info >> from running kernel. Should this be made available from sysfs or maybe a >> new system call be created? >> > > Simply ask /dev/fb0? > Patch for kexec tools attached. > Thank you, this was really helpful. > + if (0 != strcmp(fix.id, "vesafb")) > + goto out; I think this check should be removed so that other framebuffer drivers besides vesafb would also work. Additionally the fix.id is "VESA VGA", not "vesafb".
Could you please submit this for inclusion in kexec-tools or do you want me to do it?
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