text mode doesn't exist anymore
Calling foul on this.
Following up after a bit of research, the Linux kernel started with text mode options will in fact use the old standard CGA 80x25 mode, the EGA 80x43 mode, and the VGA 80x50 mode for text at boot, no special drivers required.
(and if you ever try to render video through UEFI, you'll only get a framebuffer, text mode doesn't exist anymore).
This is inaccurate.
UEFI mode doesn't require you to start in text mode. You can still switch to text mode, and it is absolutely supported in current GPUs and BIOSes. Support for a bunch of ridiculous ancient modes is one of the things that makes PCIe passthrough for GPU virtualization a pain in the ass.
