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Using 6725 to enable text-mode gfx init on X60 when using native graphics initialization.
Affected machines: X60, T60. It may also affect: macbook21/macbook11, X60 Tablet
This relies on the (merged) patch 6723 that enables text-mode graphics initialization on i945 platforms. The code is there.
I then disabled "Keep VESA framebuffer" in menuconfig, to enable text-mode.
error: no video mode activated This is what I see when I try to use the net install iso for Debian with the isolinux parser in grub. I also saw the same thing when trying to start Trisquel 6 isolinux menu from SeaBIOS (with SeaVGABIOS added at vgaroms/vgabios.bin from seabios's rom that I built).
See attached image of what happens when I try to boot the net install from Debian (same thing happens with the Trisquel net install), using the following: linux (usb0)/install.386/vmlinuz initrd (usb0)/install.386/initrd.gz boot
As you can see, there is quite a lot of flicker and parts of the screen are missing or corrupt. I think this is related to the issue above ("error: no video mode activated").
The net install for Debian and Trisquel both work when using corebootfb initialization method, but they fail (as seen in the image) for text-mode method.
In case the attachment was scrubbed by the mailing list, I also put it here: http://dev.libreboot.org/x60txtmode.jpg
Trisquel graphical install works (I wasn't able to figure out how to boot the Debian graphical install).
I also enabled it for T60 (adding the keep/drop vesa fb option for t60/Kconfig, based on 6725, and cherry picking 5345) and the same behaviour was observed there.
What does work in text-mode init (tested): memtest86+ and grub invaders.
