[SeaBIOS] Enable vga_console later during startup

Gerd Hoffmann kraxel at redhat.com
Fri Nov 23 08:18:08 CET 2018


On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 12:53:15PM +0100, Julian Sparber wrote:
> Hi to all,
> 
> During boot Seabios shows some text including the version number on top of
> the screen for a couple of seconds before switching to the boot splash. It
> doesn't happen every time, but it is really annoying when it does because it
> makes the boot much less fluid.

Hmm, where does the delay come from?

> I fixed this by enabling the vga_console later during the startup. I
> attached a patch to this email. I tried it in qemu and on my laptop.

Doing vga init after boot menu isn't gping to work very well ...

Please use 'git send-email' instead of attaching patches, that makes
discussing patches alot easier.

cheers,
  Gerd




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