Okay thanks guys, I was hoping for a way to extract the VGA binary from the bios image, on a separate machine as I don't have this new one up and running yet, but I will definitely try the method mentioned by Paul. Should be able to boot into a live Linux environment and extract the binary from there following the wiki.

I'll let you know if I run into any serious issues which I can't resolve; looks to be doable though.

Kind regards,
se7enge

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐

On Monday, June 7th, 2021 at 3:38 PM, Raul Rangel <rrangel@chromium.org> wrote:

> You might also want to try https://github.com/al3xtjames/ghidra-firmware-utils
>
> From what I remember it allows browsing the .bin.
>
> On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 5:12 PM Paul Menzel pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de wrote:
>
> > Dear se7enge,
> >
> > Am 05.06.21 um 19:52 schrieb se7enge via coreboot:
> >
> > > I am about to embark on a mission to install coreboot on an ASUS
> > >
> > > F2A85-M PRO (w/ AMD A10-6800k) desktop machine. Admittedly, I don't
> > >
> > > have much experience in this field and am not extremely technical;
> > >
> > > but I am willing to learn and put in the effort needed.
> > >
> > > My main question to you at this time is regarding the extraction of
> > >
> > > the VGA BIOS binary, in order to make the integrated GPU function as
> > >
> > > intended, and how one goes about doing it. I have downloaded the
> > >
> > > available .CAP (BIOS image?) file from the official Asus support page
> > >
> > > (https://www.asus.com/supportonly/F2A85-M PRO/HelpDesk_BIOS/) and I
> > >
> > > can see that on your own documentation page for the ASUS F2A85-M
> > >
> > > (https://doc.coreboot.org/mainboard/asus/f2a85-m.html) you have
> > >
> > > recommended that one should use 'MMTool Aptio' in order to load the
> > >
> > > image and extract the VGA binary. However, I have struggled to find
> > >
> > > any official download or support page for this tool and it does not
> > >
> > > appear to be in my official distro repository or the AUR either. I am
> > >
> > > therefore seemingly unable to get a hold of it and follow your
> > >
> > > documentation.
> > >
> > > Please could you advise on the best way to solve this problem so that
> > >
> > > I may successfully extract the needed binary and continue on to
> > >
> > > compile the coreboot ROM. Any support is much appreciated :)
> > >
> > > I extracted it directly from within GNU/Linux following the Wiki page
> > >
> > > VGA support 1.
> >
> > Note, to get graphics before the Linux kernel initializes it (using the
> >
> > ROM), I have to run it in SeaBIOS. Letting coreboot run the VGA BIOS
> >
> > Option ROM is not working here.
> >
> > I never tried if there is an UEFI GOP driver(?) which could be used with
> >
> > (?) TianoCore.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > PS: After you get it going, it’d be really great if you extended the
> >
> > documentation and maybe even moved the information from the Wiki to the
> >
> > documentation folder. You only need to know Markdown for that.
> >
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