[syslinux] vesamenu back to text before booting
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Wed Dec 10 12:33:02 PST 2014
On 12/04/2014 05:23 AM, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2014, Ady wrote:
>
>> Perhaps there should be a new MENU-type directive, so to force the
>> screen to text mode (as opposed to leaving it in graphics mode for as
>> long as it can be)? Perhaps this could also be useful when exiting a
>> vesamenu to Syslinux CLI?
>
> Yes, please. To make this dependent *only* on the configuration of
> the menu entry started is, IMHO, the only way to go.
>
It can't. We don't want c32 modules to switch modes (they can do it
themselves), and they may not process the "quiet" option.
However, NBPs (.0's) definitely should do the mode reset, just like
kernels without the "quiet" option.
-hpa
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