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authorRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>1998-05-07 02:55:41 +0000
committerRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>1998-05-07 02:55:41 +0000
commitdcec8a13bf565e47942a1751a9cec21bec5648fe (patch)
tree548b69625b18cc2e88c3e68d0923be546c9ebb03 /Documentation/svga.txt
parent2e0f55e79c49509b7ff70ff1a10e1e9e90a3dfd4 (diff)
o Merge with Linux 2.1.99.
o Fix ancient bug in the ELF loader making ldd crash. o Fix ancient bug in the keyboard code for SGI, SNI and Jazz.
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@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
1. Intro
~~~~~~~~
This small document describes the "Video Mode Selection" feature which
-allows to use various special video modes supported by the video BIOS. Due
-to usage of the BIOS, the selection is limited to the boot time (before the
+allows the use of various special video modes supported by the video BIOS. Due
+to usage of the BIOS, the selection is limited to boot time (before the
kernel decompression starts) and works only on 80X86 machines.
The video mode to be used is selected by a kernel parameter which can be
@@ -58,16 +58,16 @@ of chipsets is turned off by default (see CONFIG_VIDEO_SVGA in chapter 4 to see
how to enable it if you really want) as it's inherently unreliable due to
absolutely insane PC design.
- "0 0F00 80x25" tells that the first menu item (the menu items are numbered
+ "0 0F00 80x25" means that the first menu item (the menu items are numbered
from "0" to "9" and from "a" to "z") is a 80x25 mode with ID=0x0f00 (see the
next section for a description of mode ID's).
- <flashing-cursor-here> encourages you to write the item number or mode ID
+ <flashing-cursor-here> encourages you to enter the item number or mode ID
you wish to set and press <RETURN>. If the computer complains something about
-"Unknown mode ID", it tries to explain you that it isn't possible to set such
+"Unknown mode ID", it is trying to tell you that it isn't possible to set such
a mode. It's also possible to press only <RETURN> which leaves the current mode.
- The mode list usually contains only few basic modes and some VESA modes. In
+ The mode list usually contains a few basic modes and some VESA modes. In
case your chipset has been detected, some chipset-specific modes are shown as
well (some of these might be missing or unusable on your machine as different
BIOSes are often shipped with the same card and the mode numbers depend purely
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ in setup.S, but it's better to upgrade the boot loader...)
CONFIG_VIDEO_LOCAL - enables inclusion of "local modes" in the list. The
local modes are added automatically to the beginning of the list not depending
-by hardware configuration. The local modes are listed in the source text after
+on hardware configuration. The local modes are listed in the source text after
the "local_mode_table:" line. The comment before this line describes the format
of the table (which also includes a video card name to be displayed on the
top of the menu).
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ your kernel with the video mode set directly via the kernel parameter.
In either case, please send me a bug report containing what _exactly_
happens and how do the configuration switches affect the behaviour of the bug.
- If you start Linux from the M$-DOS, you might also use some DOS tools for
+ If you start Linux from M$-DOS, you might also use some DOS tools for
video mode setting. In this case, you must specify the 0x0f04 mode ("leave
current settings") to Linux, because if you don't and you use any non-standard
mode, Linux will switch to 80x25 automatically.