Documentation/fb/vesafb.rst

8 of the BIOS, and use this as framebuffer device /dev/fb0, like the m68k
19    without using tiny, unreadable fonts.
20  * You can run XF68_FBDev on top of /dev/fb0 (=> non-accelerated X11
22  * Most important: boot logo :-)
33 Documentation/admin-guide/svga.rst for details.
36 graphics mode). Which of them takes over the console depends on
53 The video mode number of the Linux kernel is the VESA mode number plus
69 To enable one of those modes you have to specify "vga=ask" in the
80 1. Note: LILO cannot handle hex, for booting directly with
81    "vga=mode-number" you have to transform the numbers to decimal.
82 2. Note: Some newer versions of LILO appear to work with those hex values,
83    if you set the 0x in front of the numbers.
88 XF68_FBDev should work just fine, but it is non-accelerated.  Running
89 another (accelerated) X-Server like XF86_SVGA might or might not work.
90 It depends on X-Server and graphics board.
92 The X-Server must restore the video mode correctly, else you end up
100 booting linux.  If you are not happy with the 60 Hz refresh rate, you
103  * configure and load the DOS-Tools for the graphics board (if
130           interface.  The visible screen is just a window of the
132           start of the window.
141 		* scrolling only parts of the screen causes some
145 ywrap	  Same as ypan, but assumes your gfx board can wrap-around
147           reaches the end of video memory).  Faster than ypan.
149 redraw	  Scroll by redrawing the affected part of the screen, this
160               - 0 - disabled (equivalent to nomtrr) (default)
161               - 1 - uncachable
162               - 2 - write-back
163               - 3 - write-combining
164               - 4 - write-through
169 mtrr:     type mismatch for e0000000,8000000 old: write-back new:
170 	  write-combining
176           Remap 'n' MiB of video RAM. If 0 or not specified, remap memory
181 vtotal:n  If the video BIOS of your card incorrectly determines the total
182           amount of video RAM, use this option to override the BIOS (in MiB).
187 Gerd Knorr <kraxel@goldbach.in-berlin.de>
190 by Nico Schmoigl <schmoigl@rumms.uni-mannheim.de>