On Mon, 15 Feb 2016 11:31:41 +0100 Gerd Hoffmann kraxel@redhat.com wrote:
Hi,
The issue is in the VM and it occurs every time the option ROM is executed. Standard VGA text mode displays fine (ex. SeaBIOS version string and boot menu), but any sort of extended graphics mode (ex. live CD boot menu) tries to make use of the host memory area which corresponds to the stolen memory area of the physical device.
I'm wondering whenever we can just use seavgabios (and support standard vga modes only).
The reason we need the vBIOS is to turn on the LCD panel, which in turn has this dependency on the stolen memory area. I'd be pretty surprised if a generic VGA BIOS affected the panel in any way. Maybe seavgabios could be used for desktop IGD assignment, though I don't really know how to detect an attached panel. Thanks,
Alex