On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, 31 May 2010 20:04:53 -0500
Steven P. Ulrick wrote:
> What is "nomodeset" SUPPOSED to do?
The newest kernels have (God knows why) moved the video
mode setting into the kernel (the only explanation I've
ever seen for why this is a good idea is that the monitor
goes "click" less often that way). So all the programming
of the hardware specific clock rates and registers on the
video card happen in the kernel during initial boot
http://lwn.net/Articles/268378/
http://lwn.net/Articles/316274/
For a better understanding, you'll want to read both articles above.
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