Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] drm_fb_helper: Impossible to change video mode

[James S. <jsi...@in...>]

> >> It would be nice to find a way to reclaim the console memory for X,
> >> but I'm not sure that can be done and still provide a good way to
> >> provide oops support.
> >
> > What do you think the average user will care about more?
> >
> >      * Seeing kernel oops/panic output about once in a lifetime.
> >      * Being able to start/use X in the first place and enabling it to
> >        use all of VRAM.
> >
> > Personally, I've never even seen any kernel oops/panic output despite
> > numerous opportunities for that in the couple of months I've been using
> > KMS. But I have spent considerable time and effort trying to get rid of
> > the pinned fbcon BO. If the oops/panic output is the only thing
> > preventing that, maybe that should only be enabled via some module
> > option for developers.
> 
> I'm all for it!

I'm looking into the details for this. It will require some changes to 
internal apis to make it to work.