[coreboot] [PATCH] SeaBIOS - vgahooks improvements
Rudolf Marek
r.marek at assembler.cz
Fri Dec 26 17:53:52 CET 2008
Hi,
> I think I understand your patch a little bit better now.
OK good.
> The first
> pci device is used to obtain the framebuffer size, and the second
> device is used to find the ram speed.
Yep. Check this:
http://linux.via.com.tw/support/beginDownload.action?eleid=161&fid=241
(page 70)
Its from VX800 (which Jason already added in his not yet published patch)
Its exactly the same as for K8M890.
The memory speed is in:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/32559.pdf
> Perhaps we should break this into two separate functions - that way
> it's clear that each device provides independent information.
> (Something like the attached?)
Yes, but please leave it with the warnings as I did. It is difficult to know
where is the problem if we blindly supply default without knowing.
> Also, does unichrome/openchrome drivers need the framebuffer size?
> It seems odd to me that they'd read a scratch register for that, when
> they could just as easily read the real register.
Yes it is like that. Perhaps to make it more hw independent?
Rudolf
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