[LinuxBIOS] Programming i2c video-out

Quux pawn2be.wild at yahoo.de
Tue Mar 13 04:50:47 CET 2007


hey Joe,

I'd guess, during testing, the sequence would make not much difference.
Once the code is working, the earlier it gets called, the more you could
output onto TV which would be desirable. maybe use it as debug output
device.   greetinx: --Q

joe at smittys.pointclark.net schrieb:
> Hello,
> I have a question. I see in the sources there are drivers for i2c  
> devices. What I am thinking is to write a driver to program and  
> initialize the tv-out chip through the i2c (smbus). The tv-out chip is  
> embedded in the board and programable through i2c. If this is possible  
> I would need to know at what point the video bios gets initialized.  
> And I would want to load this driver right after video bios gets  
> initialized correct? Thoughts?





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