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Diffstat (limited to 'chapter10')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter10/kernel.xml | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chapter10/kernel.xml b/chapter10/kernel.xml index 76a6f86ca..ac104e4b4 100644 --- a/chapter10/kernel.xml +++ b/chapter10/kernel.xml @@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ General architecture-dependent options ---> Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> Frame buffer Devices ---> - [*] Support for frame buffer devices ---- + <*> Support for frame buffer devices ---> + Console display driver support ---> + [*] Framebuffer Console support [CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE] Generic Driver Options ---> [ ] Support for uevent helper [CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER] [*] Maintain a devtmpfs filesystem to mount at /dev [CONFIG_DEVTMPFS] @@ -156,6 +158,8 @@ Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> Frame buffer Devices ---> <*> Support for frame buffer devices ---> + Console display driver support ---> + [*] Framebuffer Console support [CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE] File systems ---> [*] Inotify support for userspace [CONFIG_INOTIFY_USER] Pseudo filesystems ---> @@ -270,6 +274,20 @@ Device Drivers ---> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><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> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><parameter>Support x2apic</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>Support running the interrupt controller of 64-bit x86 |