[coreboot] Re: ASUS F2A85-M PRO VGA BIOS binary extraction

[Raul Rangel]

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  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%20PRO/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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