--- qemu-0.9.1/hw/pc.c.kernel-option-vga	2008-01-06 20:38:42.000000000 +0100
+++ qemu-0.9.1/hw/pc.c	2008-02-27 11:50:21.000000000 +0100
@@ -493,6 +493,7 @@
     uint8_t header[1024];
     uint8_t *real_addr, *prot_addr, *cmdline_addr, *initrd_addr;
     FILE *f, *fi;
+    char *vmode;
 
     /* Align to 16 bytes as a paranoia measure */
     cmdline_size = (strlen(kernel_cmdline)+16) & ~15;
@@ -561,6 +562,26 @@
 	stw_p(header+0x22, cmdline_addr-real_addr);
     }
 
+
+    /* handle vga= parameter */
+    vmode = strstr(kernel_cmdline, "vga=");
+    if (vmode) {
+        char *space;
+        unsigned int video_mode;
+        /* skip "vga=" */
+        vmode += 4;
+        if (!strncmp(vmode, "normal", 6)) {
+            video_mode = 0xffff;
+        } else if (!strncmp(vmode, "ext", 3)) {
+            video_mode = 0xfffe;
+        } else if (!strncmp(vmode, "ask", 3)) {
+            video_mode = 0xfffd;
+        } else {
+            video_mode = strtol(vmode, NULL, 0);
+        }
+        stw_p(header+0x1fa, video_mode);
+    }
+
     /* loader type */
     /* High nybble = B reserved for Qemu; low nybble is revision number.
        If this code is substantially changed, you may want to consider