[Linux-fbdev-users] How to change number of console rows before boot

[<lyn...@fr...>]

Hallo!


I posted before the wish of 1280x1024 resolution of my external TFT-monitor to
this list. It seems not to be possible  but  incidentally  I  found  out  that
1400x1050  mode  is  possible.  It is not the native resolution of the TFT but
better than 1024x768. I can change the width to fit to the screen but I  can't
change  the  hight,  so  I  have a 1050-1024=26 rows of pixels I can't see. Is
there a way to change that? (How can I prevent drawing below 1024?)
It would even help, if I could make the kernel switch to a console with 175x64
and  not  65  rows.  Is  there  a way to pass the number or rows to the kernel
before booting? (arch/i386/boot/video.S seems  to  deal  with  something  like
that, but I couldn't find the kernel-parameter that changes it).


Any help and hint appreciated
Thanks a lot
Lynx