Hi Al,
On Wed, Nov 6, 2024 at 7:10 AM Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * powerpc: more than slightly ridiculous - if VGA_CONSOLE or
> MDA_CONSOLE is enabled, same as mips, defaults otherwise. The ridiculous
> part is that VGA_CONSOLE is actually impossible to enable there, but
> MDA_CONSOLE (that is to say, support of ISA Hercules cards for the second
> monitor) *is* possible. On the boxen with ISA slots, that is...
Once upon a time, in the previous century, you could enable VGA_CONSOLE,
run an x86 BIOS emulator, and get a VGA text console on a (second)
"PC style" (aka normal) graphics card in a CHRP PPC box...
With CHRP support being removed, there is no point in resurrecting that.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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