[PATCH] VT binding: Update documentation

Update Documentation/fb/fbcon.txt and Documentatin/console/console.txt to
reflect the following changes:

1. sysfs attributes are relocated to /sys/class/vtconsole

2. feature is selectable in Kconfig

3. add sample scripts to fbcon.txt

Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Antonino A. Daplas 2006-06-26 00:27:14 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -180,10 +180,13 @@ fbcon.
So, how do we unbind fbcon from the console? Part of the answer is in
Documentation/console/console.txt. To summarize:
Echo the ID number of the 'frame buffer driver' to:
Echo a value to the bind file that represents the framebuffer console
driver. So assuming vtcon1 represents fbcon, then:
sys/class/tty/console/bind - attach framebuffer console to console layer
sys/class/tty/console/unbind - detach framebuffer console from console layer
echo 1 > sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind - attach framebuffer console to
console layer
echo 0 > sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind - detach framebuffer console from
console layer
If fbcon is detached from the console layer, your boot console driver (which is
usually VGA text mode) will take over. A few drivers (rivafb and i810fb) will
@ -211,19 +214,15 @@ restored properly. The following is one of the several methods that you can do:
5. Now to detach fbcon:
'cat /sys/class/tty/console/backend' and take note of the ID
The above is probably needed only once. Then:
vbetool vbestate restore < <vga state file> && \
echo <ID> > /sys/class/tty/console/unbind
echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind
6. That's it, you're back to VGA mode. And if you compiled fbcon as a module,
you can unload it by 'rmmod fbcon'
7. To reattach fbcon:
echo <ID> > /sys/class/tty/console/bind
echo 1 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind
8. Once fbcon is unbound, all drivers registered to the system will also
become unbound. This means that fbcon and individual framebuffer drivers
@ -254,6 +253,8 @@ Variation 1:
c. Attach fbcon
vbetool vbestate restore < <vesa state file> && \
echo 1 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind
Variation 2:
a. Before detaching fbcon, do:
@ -269,7 +270,55 @@ Variation 2:
c. Attach fbcon:
vbetool vbemode set <mode number> && \
echo <ID> > /sys/class/tty/console/bind
echo 1 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon1/bind
Samples:
========
Here are 2 sample bash scripts that you can use to bind or unbind the
framebuffer console driver if you are in an X86 box:
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#!/bin/bash
# Unbind fbcon
# Change this to where your actual vgastate file is located
# Or Use VGASTATE=$1 to indicate the state file at runtime
VGASTATE=/tmp/vgastate
# path to vbetool
VBETOOL=/usr/local/bin
for (( i = 0; i < 16; i++))
do
if test -x /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon$i; then
if [ `cat /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon$i/name | grep -c "frame buffer"` \
= 1 ]; then
if test -x $VBETOOL/vbetool; then
echo Unbinding vtcon$i
$VBETOOL/vbetool vbestate restore < $VGASTATE
echo 0 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon$i/bind
fi
fi
fi
done
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#!/bin/bash
# Bind fbcon
for (( i = 0; i < 16; i++))
do
if test -x /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon$i; then
if [ `cat /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon$i/name | grep -c "frame buffer"` \
= 1 ]; then
echo Unbinding vtcon$i
echo 1 > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtcon$i/bind
fi
fi
done
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Antonino Daplas <[email protected]>