[syslinux] [PATCH] core: Honor DISPLAY text background color when in VGA mode

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 02/18/2011 12:30 PM, Jeffrey Hutzelman wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 10:36 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 
>> Since we already write the graphics screen directly, perhaps we should
>> just generate the text ourselves rather than relying on the BIOS.
> 
> That doesn't seem unreasonable.  It'd be a bit of work, though, and I
> wasn't sure what you'd think of such a change.  For that matter, how
> long does this code have to live?  Can I expect to see it all rewritten
> in C in the next year? (or the last, while I wasn't looking?)

I'm hoping so.  I'd really prefer to replace it all with the VESA code.

	-hpa