[PATCH 1/1] [Maverick] UBUNTU: [Config] Enable CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y for all archs
Chase Douglas
chase.douglas at canonical.com
Wed May 26 01:28:37 UTC 2010
On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 18:24 -0700, Leann Ogasawara wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585490
>
> In today's Ubuntu kernel team IRC meeting it was requested from the
> Foundations Team to build in fbcon (CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y) by
> default for all archs. This ensures that we reliably have a framebuffer
> console from the start. As noted in the Grub2BootFramebuffer spec [1],
> this will help get us to the point where users can be in graphical mode
> throughout the entire boot. This will also close out a work item that's
> been assigned to us in the foundations-m-grub2-boot-framebuffer
> blueprint [2]. Also note that ports already builds this config option
> in by default.
>
> Thanks,
> Leann
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/Grub2BootFramebuffer
> [2] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/foundations-m-grub2-boot-framebuffer
>
> >From 03f103f3eb1a308653ad1baf19aa87795dec6d57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Leann Ogasawara <leann.ogasawara at canonical.com>
> Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 14:23:44 -0700
> Subject: [PATCH] UBUNTU: [Config] Enable CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y for all archs
>
> BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/585490
>
> Per a request from the Foundations Team, building in fbcon by default
> across all archs will ensure we reliably have a framebuffer console from
> the start. Ports already builds this config option in by default.
>
> Signed-off-by: Leann Ogasawara <leann.ogasawara at canonical.com>
I remember the UDS session where this was discussed with the Foundations
team, and this looks right to me, so:
Acked-by: Chase Douglas <chase.douglas at canonical.com>
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