Eric W. Biederman wrote:
So I would first check to see if the VGA adapter identification code checks the enable bit. It is quite possible that just because a device is disable that I we don't ignore it. Looking at an old version of the code, we do clearly do not check the enable bit, and just finds the first vga device on the list of all devices.
yes, my memory of that code was that it was pretty simple minded.
Find first vga device. Start it up.
I think, however, that Ollie fixed it up quite a bit, so i am no longer sure that is the case. We will be working with that code in a day or two, so I'll know better then. ron