It seems that the content on 0x0c0000 is not the same as the vgabios Only the first (between Offset 0x00 and Offset 0x7f) words are the same. The rest differs from vgabios (Offset 0x80 - 0xFFFF). That is the reason why X detects a valid vga-Bios section on Offset 00 and 01 (55aa) and the rest fails.
Now, I will have a look why this happens. Any hint?
I'm a little bit confused. Could it be, that Linuxbios override the ram sections? It seems that vgabios.c in mainboard/via/epia-m do the job.
What about the VGA_LEGACY options from freebios, I can't use these options. I get errors by make a ./buildtarget via/epia-m because of, the options are not in Options.lb under /config.
chris
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