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diff --git a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.rst b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.rst index ebca41785abe..212f7003cfba 100644 --- a/Documentation/fb/fbcon.rst +++ b/Documentation/fb/fbcon.rst @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ A. Configuration ================ The framebuffer console can be enabled by using your favorite kernel -configuration tool. It is under Device Drivers->Graphics Support->Frame -buffer Devices->Console display driver support->Framebuffer Console Support. +configuration tool. It is under Device Drivers->Graphics Support-> +Console display driver support->Framebuffer Console Support. Select 'y' to compile support statically or 'm' for module support. The module will be fbcon. @@ -81,21 +81,14 @@ C. Boot options 1. fbcon=font:<name> Select the initial font to use. The value 'name' can be any of the - compiled-in fonts: 10x18, 6x10, 7x14, Acorn8x8, MINI4x6, + compiled-in fonts: 10x18, 6x10, 6x8, 7x14, Acorn8x8, MINI4x6, PEARL8x8, ProFont6x11, SUN12x22, SUN8x16, TER16x32, VGA8x16, VGA8x8. Note, not all drivers can handle font with widths not divisible by 8, such as vga16fb. -2. fbcon=scrollback:<value>[k] - The scrollback buffer is memory that is used to preserve display - contents that has already scrolled past your view. This is accessed - by using the Shift-PageUp key combination. The value 'value' is any - integer. It defaults to 32KB. The 'k' suffix is optional, and will - multiply the 'value' by 1024. - -3. fbcon=map:<0123> +2. fbcon=map:<0123> This is an interesting option. It tells which driver gets mapped to which console. The value '0123' is a sequence that gets repeated until @@ -116,7 +109,7 @@ C. Boot options Later on, when you want to map the console the to the framebuffer device, you can use the con2fbmap utility. -4. fbcon=vc:<n1>-<n2> +3. fbcon=vc:<n1>-<n2> This option tells fbcon to take over only a range of consoles as specified by the values 'n1' and 'n2'. The rest of the consoles @@ -174,6 +167,11 @@ C. Boot options displayed due to multiple CPUs, the collected line of logos is moved as a whole. +8. fbcon=logo-count:<n> + + The value 'n' overrides the number of bootup logos. 0 disables the + logo, and -1 gives the default which is the number of online CPUs. + C. Attaching, Detaching and Unloading Before going on to how to attach, detach and unload the framebuffer console, an @@ -209,9 +207,9 @@ Documentation/driver-api/console.rst. To summarize: Echo a value to the bind file that represents the framebuffer console driver. So assuming vtcon1 represents fbcon, then:: - echo 1 > sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind - attach framebuffer console to + echo 1 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind - attach framebuffer console to console layer - echo 0 > sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind - detach framebuffer console from + echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind - detach framebuffer console from console layer If fbcon is detached from the console layer, your boot console driver (which is |