[Intel-gfx] KMS breaks console

[Jesse Barnes]

On Tuesday, February 3, 2009 10:28 am Lukas Hejtmanek wrote:
> Jesse,
>
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 10:11:54AM -0800, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> > > I just enabled CONFIG_DRM_I915_KMS in 2.6.29-rc3 and now the text
> > > console is just black. This happens with the 2.6 branch on a Mac mini
> > > Core Duo with i945GM. Any hints how to solve this?
> >
> > You need to enable the framebuffer console and make sure it's loaded.
>
> does this mean that oldschool text console is no longer supported as long
> as KMS is stream? Too bad I think.

Once you go into a graphics mode, yes.  Why too bad?

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Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center