diff -ru qemu-0.9.0/hw/arm_sysctl.c qemu-0.9.0-arm-vga/hw/arm_sysctl.c
--- qemu-0.9.0/hw/arm_sysctl.c	2007-02-05 15:01:54.000000000 -0800
+++ qemu-0.9.0-arm-vga/hw/arm_sysctl.c	2007-03-08 11:56:48.000000000 -0800
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
     uint32_t flags;
     uint32_t nvflags;
     uint32_t resetlevel;
+    uint32_t clcd;
 } arm_sysctl_state;
 
 static uint32_t arm_sysctl_read(void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t offset)
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
     case 0x4c: /* FLASH */
         return 0;
     case 0x50: /* CLCD */
-        return 0x1000;
+        return s->clcd;
     case 0x54: /* CLCDSER */
         return 0;
     case 0x58: /* BOOTCS */
@@ -157,6 +158,8 @@
         break;
     case 0x4c: /* FLASH */
     case 0x50: /* CLCD */
+        s->clcd = val;
+        break;
     case 0x54: /* CLCDSER */
     case 0x64: /* DMAPSR0 */
     case 0x68: /* DMAPSR1 */
@@ -190,6 +193,35 @@
    arm_sysctl_write
 };
 
+static int arm_clcd = -1;
+
+void arm_sysctl_parse_video_preinit(const char *kernel_cmdline)
+{
+#ifndef NO_ARM_VIDEO_PARSE
+    int video = -1;
+    char *video_cmd;
+
+    video_cmd = strstr(kernel_cmdline, "video=");
+    if(video_cmd != NULL)
+    {
+        int video_cmd_len;
+        char *end_video_cmd;
+        video_cmd+=6;
+        end_video_cmd = strchr(video_cmd, ' ');
+        if(end_video_cmd != NULL)
+            video_cmd_len = (int) (end_video_cmd - video_cmd);
+        else
+            video_cmd_len = strlen(video_cmd);
+        if(!strncmp(video_cmd, "320x240", video_cmd_len))
+            arm_clcd = 0x0;
+        else if(!strncmp(video_cmd, "240x320", video_cmd_len))
+            arm_clcd = 0x700;
+        else if(!strncmp(video_cmd, "640x480", video_cmd_len))
+            arm_clcd = 0x1f00;
+    }
+#endif
+}
+
 void arm_sysctl_init(uint32_t base, uint32_t sys_id)
 {
     arm_sysctl_state *s;
@@ -200,6 +232,7 @@
         return;
     s->base = base;
     s->sys_id = sys_id;
+    s->clcd = (arm_clcd >= 0) ? arm_clcd : 0x1000; 
     iomemtype = cpu_register_io_memory(0, arm_sysctl_readfn,
                                        arm_sysctl_writefn, s);
     cpu_register_physical_memory(base, 0x00000fff, iomemtype);
diff -ru qemu-0.9.0/hw/versatilepb.c qemu-0.9.0-arm-vga/hw/versatilepb.c
--- qemu-0.9.0/hw/versatilepb.c	2007-02-05 15:01:54.000000000 -0800
+++ qemu-0.9.0-arm-vga/hw/versatilepb.c	2007-03-08 11:56:34.000000000 -0800
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@
     /* SDRAM at address zero.  */
     cpu_register_physical_memory(0, ram_size, IO_MEM_RAM);
 
+#ifndef NO_ARM_VIDEO_PARSE
+    arm_sysctl_parse_video_preinit(kernel_cmdline);
+#endif
+
     arm_sysctl_init(0x10000000, 0x41007004);
     pic = arm_pic_init_cpu(env);
     pic = pl190_init(0x10140000, pic, ARM_PIC_CPU_IRQ, ARM_PIC_CPU_FIQ);
diff -ru qemu-0.9.0/vl.h qemu-0.9.0-arm-vga/vl.h
--- qemu-0.9.0/vl.h	2007-02-05 15:01:54.000000000 -0800
+++ qemu-0.9.0-arm-vga/vl.h	2007-03-08 11:56:24.000000000 -0800
@@ -1327,6 +1327,7 @@
 void icp_pit_init(uint32_t base, void *pic, int irq);
 
 /* arm_sysctl.c */
+void arm_sysctl_parse_video_preinit(const char *kernel_cmdline);
 void arm_sysctl_init(uint32_t base, uint32_t sys_id);
 
 /* arm_gic.c */