On 12-Apr-06, at 7:19 AM, Matthias Drochner wrote:

>
> jmcneill@NetBSD.org said:
>> Modified Files:
>> 	src/sys/arch/i386/bios: vesabios.c vesafb.c
>> Log Message:
>> * VBE functions return a byte, not a word. Ignore the
>>   rest of the garbage in the return register.
>
> Uhm, this is wrong. The AH part is even more useful
> than AL. "0" means "successful", other values are
> error indications.
> Have a look at the VBE spec for details.
> (What might make sense is to mask out the upper 16 bits
> of EAX because just AX is significant.)

Doh, I don't know what I was thinking. You're absolutely right. I'll  
fix this shortly.

Thanks!
Jared