--- a/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt 2003-12-18 03:59:06.000000000 +0100 +++ b/Documentation/fb/vesafb.txt 2004-05-31 01:01:12.000000000 +0200 @@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ pmipal Use the protected mode interface mtrr setup memory type range registers for the vesafb framebuffer. +vram:n remap 'n' MiB of video RAM. If 0 or not specified, remap memory + according to video mode. (2.5.66 patch/idea by Antonino Daplas + reversed to give override possibility (allocate more fb memory + than the kernel would) to 2.4 by tmb@iki.fi) Have fun! --- a/drivers/video/vesafb.c 2004-05-31 00:59:41.000000000 +0200 +++ b/drivers/video/vesafb.c 2004-05-31 01:00:29.000000000 +0200 @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ int __init vesafb_setup(char *options) mtrr=1; else if (! strcmp(this_opt, "nomtrr")) mtrr=0; - else if (! strncmp(this_opt, "vram=", 5)) + else if (! strncmp(this_opt, "vram:", 5)) vram = simple_strtoul(this_opt+5, NULL, 0); } return 0;