RE: [LinuxBIOS] VGA support

Thank you very much.  The new page is very helpful.

Let me ask a few questions. 
1. Does the new page describe onboard and addon card?
   I expect the MB Config.lb would change for an addon card?
   I assume the Config file would describe the PCI slots
   and steps 2 & 3 would be the same for an addon card.
2. testbios is a third choice, which is useful if the
   VGA image won't fit in the ROM device.
   Should you move the testbios FAQ info to the VGA support page?
3. Will there be a link from the Main page to the VGA Support page?

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: yhlu [mailto:[e-mail]] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:47 PM
To: Li-Ta Lo
Cc: Kimball, Stephen; LinuxBIOS
Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] VGA support

I add some lines

http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/VGA_support

Please check it and enrich it.

YH

[LinuxBIOS] VGA support

[yhlu]

1. No, the rom address for addon card is allocated by dev_...., So you
don't need to put that in MB Config.lb. And if you need put that in
Config.lb, the device will be onboard device in LinuxBIOS, You must
has your own driver for that, and the driver need to get ROM address
from ROM BAR, and use call..
2. Yes, But for Opteron HT, there is more stuff to be set, MMIO, and IO.
3. current VGA support in Porting guide. I guess We can put one link
to point to testbios in FAQ, anyway FAQ part need to better
re-orginze...

YH

On 8/11/05, [e-mail]  wrote:
> Thank you very much.  The new page is very helpful.
>
> Let me ask a few questions.
> Does the new page describe onboard and addon card?
>
> I expect the MB Config.lb would change for an addon card?
>   I assume the Config file would describe the PCI slots
>   and steps 2 & 3 would be the same for an addon card.
> 2. testbios is a third choice, which is useful if the
>   VGA image won't fit in the ROM device.
>   Should you move the testbios FAQ info to the VGA support page?
> 3. Will there be a link from the Main page to the VGA Support page?
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yhlu [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:47 PM
> To: Li-Ta Lo
> Cc: Kimball, Stephen; LinuxBIOS
> Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] VGA support
>
> I add some lines
>
> http://www.linuxbios.org/index.php/VGA_support
>
> Please check it and enrich it.
>
> YH