VESA/SC_PIXEL_MODE in amd64 kernel

[Oliver Fromme]

Ashley Moran <ashley.moran at codeweavers.net> wrote:
 > Does anyone know why VESA is missing from the amd64 kernel options?

Because FreeBSD/amd64 cannot perform calls to the VESA BIOS
functions (which are 32bit i386 code, not amd64).

If you need higher resolution than 80x25 on the console,
I recommend you use Xorg.

Best regards
   Oliver

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