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Undo revision 25345 by Xenos1 (talk) Intel announced BIOS is obsolete by 2020 so is VESA. That's important information

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Revision as of 15:56, 9 November 2020 (view source) osdev>Xenos1 m (Remove comment about VESA being obsolete as it is confusing beginners. VESA is a perfectly viable interface for most systems as CSM (which is still shipped with most UEFI-capable PCs) supports it fine. Only note that UEFI uses GOP instead.) ← Older edit		Revision as of 22:49, 10 November 2020 (view source) osdev>Bzt m (Undo revision 25345 by Xenos1 (talk) Intel announced BIOS is obsolete by 2020 so is VESA. That's important information) Newer edit →
Line 1: Under legacy BIOS ~~(and~~you ~~CSM-capable~~can ~~UEFI~~access the video card functions using the standardized VESA/VBE functions. On modern systems with UEFI (in ~~legacy~~lack ~~BIOS~~of ~~mode~~BIOS), you'll ~~can~~have to use [[GOP]] (Graphics Output Protocol) to access the video card ~~functions~~in ~~using the~~a standardized way. As of 2020 VESA~~/VBE~~ ~~functions~~is considered obsolete. ~~In UEFI mode, instead, one uses the [[GOP]] (Graphics Output Protocol) to access the video card in a standardized way.~~ == VESA Functions == You'll want to look in the VESA VBE docs for these functions: