[coreboot] Geode LX VGA BIOS Patch

Kevin O'Connor kevin at koconnor.net
Wed Sep 9 15:33:45 CEST 2009


On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 02:54:48PM -0400, Chris Kindt wrote:
> Another Updated Patch:
>
>    So far I have heard of problems when using a lcd connected to the vga 
> port and when switching from X to back to the console. I was able to  
> replicate problems and address them with this patch.
>
>    For the lcd issues, the left side of the screen was distorted and  
> cropped.  This was a timing problem from using incorrect modes. My crt  
> was able to function correctly with these modes.  There were two issues  
> with the mode table. When creating the patch I copied the original  
> seabios table instead of the geodelx modified table. Then even with the  
> correct geodelx table, the seabios table is still addressed at compile  
> time. The geodelx-v3 patch includes the modified table, while the  
> geodelx-modehack patch is a temporary quick fix to address the right 
> table.

Hi Chris,

As before, the main seabios patch looks good to me.  The "modehack"
patch, of course, needs to be cleaned up before committing.  Are you
still working on this?

-Kevin




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