config VGA_CONSOLE
bool "VGA text console" if EMBEDDED || !X86
- depends on !ARCH_ACORN && !ARCH_EBSA110 && !4xx && !8xx && !SPARC && !M68K && !PARISC && !FRV && !ARCH_VERSATILE && !SUPERH && !BFIN
+ depends on !ARCH_ACORN && !ARCH_EBSA110 && !4xx && !8xx && !SPARC && !M68K && !PARISC && !FRV && !ARCH_VERSATILE && !SUPERH && !BLACKFIN && !AVR32 && !MN10300
default y
help
Saying Y here will allow you to use Linux in text mode through a
The scrollback buffer of the standard VGA console is located in
the VGA RAM. The size of this RAM is fixed and is quite small.
If you require a larger scrollback buffer, this can be placed in
- System RAM which is dynamically allocated during intialization.
+ System RAM which is dynamically allocated during initialization.
Placing the scrollback buffer in System RAM will slightly slow
down the console.
buffer. Each 64KB will give you approximately 16 80x25
screenfuls of scrollback buffer
-config VIDEO_SELECT
- bool "Video mode selection support"
- depends on X86 && VGA_CONSOLE
- ---help---
- This enables support for text mode selection on kernel startup. If
- you want to take advantage of some high-resolution text mode your
- card's BIOS offers, but the traditional Linux utilities like
- SVGATextMode don't, you can say Y here and set the mode using the
- "vga=" option from your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) or set
- "vga=ask" which brings up a video mode menu on kernel startup. (Try
- "man bootparam" or see the documentation of your boot loader about
- how to pass options to the kernel.)
-
- Read the file <file:Documentation/svga.txt> for more information
- about the Video mode selection support. If unsure, say N.
-
config MDA_CONSOLE
depends on !M68K && !PARISC && ISA
tristate "MDA text console (dual-headed) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
config FONT_8x16
bool "VGA 8x16 font" if FONTS
- depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE || SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE=y || STI_CONSOLE || USB_SISUSBVGA_CON
+ depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE || SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE || STI_CONSOLE || USB_SISUSBVGA_CON
default y if !SPARC && !FONTS
help
This is the "high resolution" font for the VGA frame buffer (the one