[coreboot] [PATCH] x86: add coreboot framebuffer support
Gerd Hoffmann
kraxel at redhat.com
Fri Sep 5 09:26:28 CEST 2014
On Do, 2014-09-04 at 22:09 +0200, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
wrote:
> This code assumes that payload didn't change video mode which is
> improper assumption if you're not a payload.
The code tries to detect that case. If either the vga is in text mode
or it finds vesafb / efifb informations it assumes being booted
indirectly (via seabios for example), with possibly changed video mode,
and doesn't register the framebuffer.
Suggestions how to improve that?
cheers,
Gerd
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