[syslinux] Equivalent to GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep with vesamenu?

[Gregory Bartholomew]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 8:21 PM Gregory Bartholomew <
gregory.lee.bartholomew at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 8:05 PM nerdopolis via Syslinux <
> syslinux at syslinux.org> wrote:
>
>> ...
>> I was wondering, with syslinux/isolinux is there a way I can do something
>> similar to GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep where the framebuffer
>> initialization is
>> passed to be usable in the Linux kernel, where if vesamenu is being used,
>> there
>> is no need to pass a VGA option to the kernel?
>> ...
>
>
> According to https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/svga.txt, setting
> "vga=0x0f04" on the kernel command line should work (maybe/probably in
> conjunction with nomodeset). I haven't tried it.
>
> See also:
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/71231/grub2-and-kernel-vga-parameter
>

P.S. It looks like the "vga=current" alias should work in syslinux:
https://lists.syslinux.org/archives/syslinux-commits/2010-January/000028.html