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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2023-12-06 17:29:45 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>2023-12-06 17:29:45 +0800
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</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>Framebuffer Console support</parameter></term>
+ <term>
+ <parameter>
+ Enable legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver
+ </parameter> and
+ <parameter>Framebuffer Console support</parameter>
+ </term>
<listitem>
- <para>This is needed to display the Linux console on a frame
- buffer device. To allow the kernel to print debug messages at an
- early boot stage, it shouldn't be built as a kernel module
- unless an initramfs will be used. And, if
- <option>CONFIG_DRM</option> (Direct Rendering Manager) is enabled,
- it's likely <option>CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION</option> (Enable
- legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver) should be
- enabled as well.</para>
+ <para>These are needed to display the Linux console on a
+ GPU driven by a DRI (Direct Rendering Infrastructure) driver.
+ If <option>CONFIG_DRM</option> (Direct Rendering Manager) is
+ enabled, you should enable these two options as well or you'll see
+ a blank screen once the DRI driver is loaded.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>