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| author | Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com> | 2007-06-10 19:29:32 +0100 |
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| committer | Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com> | 2007-06-10 19:29:32 +0100 |
| commit | 21b1fa66ed5d807a091b60e3089434cbfb915114 (patch) | |
| tree | 11111e99dc36317a4b10433fb811bf1adc27d35d /docs | |
| parent | 463248a55c3ce63e5e98310a24954a658a9cc165 (diff) | |
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docs: Update for new 'vga=' boot option syntax.
Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/src/user.tex | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/src/user.tex b/docs/src/user.tex index 91f7b27875..f93fcab4fa 100644 --- a/docs/src/user.tex +++ b/docs/src/user.tex @@ -3163,7 +3163,7 @@ editing \path{grub.conf}. console I/O. This is a comma-separated list of, for example: \begin{description} \item[ vga ] Use VGA console (until domain 0 boots, unless {\bf - vga=keep } is specified). + vga=...keep } is specified). \item[ com1 ] Use serial port com1. \item[ com2H ] Use serial port com2. Transmitted chars will have the MSB set. Received chars must have MSB set. @@ -3174,12 +3174,20 @@ editing \path{grub.conf}. subsystems (e.g.\ console and debugger). Sharing is controlled by MSB of each transmitted/received character. [NB. Default for this option is `com1,vga'] -\item [ vga=$<$options$>$ ] This is a comma-separated list of options: +\item [ vga=$<$mode$>$(,keep) ] The mode is one of the following options: \begin{description} + \item[ ask ] Display a vga menu allowing manual selection of video + mode. \item[ text-$<$mode$>$ ] Select text-mode resolution, where mode is one of 80x25, 80x28, 80x30, 80x34, 80x43, 80x50, 80x60. - \item[ keep ] Keep the VGA console even after domain 0 boots. + \item[ gfx-$<$mode$>$ ] Select VESA graphics mode + $<$width$>$x$<$height$>$x$<$depth$>$ (e.g., `vga=gfx-1024x768x32'). + \item[ mode-$<$mode$>$ ] Specify a mode number as discovered by `vga + ask'. Note that the numbers are displayed in hex and hence must be + prefixed by `0x' here (e.g., `vga=mode-0x0335'). \end{description} +The mode may optionally be followed by `{\bf,keep}' to cause Xen to keep +writing to the VGA console after domain 0 starts booting (e.g., `vga=text-80x50,keep'). \item [ console\_to\_ring ] Place guest console output into the hypervisor console ring buffer. This is disabled by default. When enabled, both hypervisor output and guest console output |