How we wound up with Linux's kernel mode setting ('KMS')

Re:How we wound up with Linux's kernel mode setting ('KMS') by dathinab on Sunday June 19, 2022 @08:04PM (#31804785)

The kernel not setting the mode basically means no console _at all_, boot log, and similar for you on modern hardware ;=) (or relying one some very very old hacks which might or might not work with your graphic card/screen).

Basically the kernel needs KMS because it want to log things in a readable way during boot etc.

And sure you could argue it's not the kernel doing the logging but e.g. systemd, but it's also not the kernel doing the graphics but your graphics driver. It's just the kernel coordinating it.

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Re:How we wound up with Linux's kernel mode setting ('KMS') by boondaburrah on Sunday June 26, 2022 @01:01AM (#31881234)

I mean, the BIOS sets up a perfectly usable text console back in the day when they were adding KMS, and even now UEFI will run one at the native resolution of my laptop, so you can get by without it.

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