misc/144654: VESA support broken on FreeBSD 8.0 Stable

[val]

>Number:         144654
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       VESA support broken on FreeBSD 8.0 Stable
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 11 13:00:06 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     val
>Release:        8.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD sigma 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #96: Thu Mar 11 14:54:14 MSK 2010     root at sigma:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENESIS  i386

>Description:
It seems support for VESA mode broken. After updating world to latest 8.0 stable
cannot switch console to MODE_279. Screen just blank and freezed.
Some output from vidcontrol:

    mode#     flags   type    size       font      window      linear buffer
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  0 (0x000) 0x00000001 T 40x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  1 (0x001) 0x00000001 T 40x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  2 (0x002) 0x00000001 T 80x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  3 (0x003) 0x00000001 T 80x25           8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  4 (0x004) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1     8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  5 (0x005) 0x00000003 G 320x200x2 1     8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
  6 (0x006) 0x00000003 G 640x200x1 1     8x8   0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
 13 (0x00d) 0x00000003 G 320x200x4 4     8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k
 14 (0x00e) 0x00000003 G 640x200x4 4     8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k
 16 (0x010) 0x00000003 G 640x350x2 2     8x14  0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 128k
 18 (0x012) 0x00000003 G 640x350x4 4     8x14  0xa0000 64k 64k 0x00000000 256k
 19 (0x013) 0x00000001 T 40x25           8x14  0xb8000 32k 32k 0x00000000 32k
..
275 (0x113) 0x0000000f G 800x600x15 1    8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 937k
276 (0x114) 0x0000000f G 800x600x16 1    8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 937k
277 (0x115) 0x0000000f G 800x600x32 1    8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 1875k
278 (0x116) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x15 1   8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 1536k
279 (0x117) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x16 1   8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 1536k
280 (0x118) 0x0000000f G 1024x768x32 1   8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 3072k
281 (0x119) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x15 1  8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 2560k
282 (0x11a) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x16 1  8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 2560k
283 (0x11b) 0x0000000f G 1280x1024x32 1  8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 5120k
293 (0x125) 0x0000000f G 1600x1200x8 1   8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 1875k
294 (0x126) 0x0000000f G 1600x1200x16 1  8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 3750k
295 (0x127) 0x0000000f G 320x240x8 1     8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 75k
296 (0x128) 0x0000000f G 400x300x8 1     8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 117k
297 (0x129) 0x0000000f G 512x384x8 1     8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 192k
298 (0x12a) 0x0000000f G 320x240x16 1    8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 150k
299 (0x12b) 0x0000000f G 400x300x16 1    8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 234k
300 (0x12c) 0x0000000f G 512x384x16 1    8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 384k
301 (0x12d) 0x0000000f G 320x200x8 1     8x8   0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 62k
305 (0x131) 0x0000000f G 640x400x16 1    8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 500k
306 (0x132) 0x0000000f G 1600x1200x32 1  8x16  0xa0000 64k 64k 0xe0000000 7500k


>How-To-Repeat:
Just update system to latest 8.0 stable and try to switch to vesa/graphic mode(s).
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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