epia800 direct vga working

[Steve Gehlbach]

Nathanael Noblet wrote:

> I don't need a framebuffer on boot, but once loaded would I be able to 
> insmod the epiafb module and get that working? 

More than likely, since a framebuffer driver made for epia vga must have 
intimate knowledge of the chipset, so it should completely initialize it.

> 
> Though, I'm wondering if the modifications you've made are (specifically 
> the epia800.config) are compatible with an elf filo payload? The add 
> action commands seem to run after the commands that concatenate the 
> linuxbios image file with its payload.. so I'm somewhat at a loss as to 
> what to flash the chip with. If you know what I mean.
> 

I have not used payloads, so I am not sure, maybe others can comment. 
If you comment out VIDEO_SHOW_LOGO and the addactions, though, there is 
a bug in the file via_vga.c, you will need reverse two lines:

#ifdef VIDEO_SHOW_LOGO
         if (!splash_done) {

change it to:
         if (!splash_done) {
#ifdef VIDEO_SHOW_LOGO


-Steve