Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: 2.5 fbdev & driver initial mode

[Benjamin H. <be...@ke...>]

On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 10:30, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Note: on some platforms graphics chips with VGA cores are _not_ initialized to
> VGA mode by the firmware. So great care should be taken when not explicitly
> switching to graphics mode on those platforms.

Yup. This is typically the case of PowerMacs where the VGA memory isn't
even reachable on the PCI/AGP bus. 

Ben.