[SeaBIOS] [RFC PATCH] VGA BIOS init fails if first mode used is graphical

[Kevin O'Connor]

On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 03:19:19PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 15:06 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > When booting with OVMF+CSM, the first video mode that we ask for is mode
> > 0x143. This doesn't seem to work; the qemu display window doesn't change
> > size, and remains blank.
> > 
> > If the first thing we ask for is a *text* mode, then things work fine.
> > This is arguably a bug, but I'm not about to go chasing it. 
> 
> I should know never to say things like that; if I'm offended by
> something it's almost always a lie to say that I won't actually go and
> hunt it down. This patch is more minimal and highlights the actual
> problem. Not sure what *else* is missing...

Thanks.  The patch looks fine to me.  However, "-vga std" has stopped
working for me (both before and after your patch) and I still need to
track that down.

-Kevin