Re: [Linux-fbdev-users] Where to put fbset command during systemboot up

[Kushal K. <kus...@ho...>]

Here is what I did:

In the file drivers/video/geode/gxfb_core.c I explicitly put the line:
static char mode_option[32] = "1024x768-16@60";
instead of
static char mode_option[32] = "640x480-16@60";

and compiled the kernel. I am using kernel 2.6.17-5 and it worked for me. My 
framebuffer console was running at 1024x768.

I had to do this dirty method, because I tried getting the gxfb_core.c from 
the latest AMD Geode tree-git 
http://git.infradead.org/?p=users/jcrouse/geode.git;a=blob;h=c0102663ba858db48ee117fbcd21a6f4b78de62e;hb=5eb7482c8215acacf9057c3c000dc277e9007f35;f=drivers/video/geode/gxfb_core.c
which had Jordan pointed out in his earlier post.

and copied the file(gxfb_core.c) into my kernel sources and compiled again. 
Then I tried passing the parameters:
video=gxfb:1024x768-16@60
video=gxfb:1024x768-60

but none of them worked. Therefore I decided to explicitly put the 1024x768 
line into the kernel sources.

If anyone is able to get the gxfb_core.c file from git working with his/her 
kernel, please let us know the procedure.

For now, it is working for me.

Kushal







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>Let me know how you make it work.
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>Sean D'Epagnier