Changes in chapter10/kernel.xml [ea93c11:3864d23]

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chapter10/kernel.xml

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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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       <varlistentry>
-        <term>
-          <parameter>
-            Enable legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver
-          </parameter> and
-          <parameter>Framebuffer Console support</parameter>
-        </term>
-        <listitem>
-          <para>These are needed to display the Linux console on a
-          GPU driven by a DRI (Direct Rendering Infrastructure) driver.
-          If <option>CONFIG_DRM</option> (Direct Rendering Manager) is
-          enabled, you should enable these two options as well or you'll see
-          a blank screen once the DRI driver is loaded.</para>
+        <term><parameter>Framebuffer Console support</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This is needed to display the Linux console on a frame
+          buffer device.  To allow the kernel to print debug messages at an
+          early boot stage, it shouldn't be built as a kernel module
+          unless an initramfs will be used. And, if
+          <option>CONFIG_DRM</option> (Direct Rendering Manager) is enabled,
+          it's likely <option>CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION</option> (Enable
+          legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver) should be
+          enabled as well.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -325 +323 @@
     documentation in the <filename
     class="directory">linux-&linux-version;/Documentation</filename> directory.
-    Also, <ulink role='man' url='&man;modprobe.d.5'>modprobe.d(5)</ulink>
-    may be of interest.</para>
+    Also, <filename>modprobe.d(5)</filename> may be of interest.</para>
 
     <para>Unless module support has been disabled in the kernel configuration,