[SeaBIOS] Coreboot, Geode LX and VGA

[Christian Gmeiner]

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Christian Gmeiner, MSc



Am 21. Februar 2012 09:17 schrieb Christian Gmeiner
<christian.gmeiner at gmail.com>:
> 2012/2/21 Nils <njacobs8 at adsltotaal.nl>:
>> Op maandag 20-02-2012 om 18:54 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Christian
>> Gmeiner:
>>> 2012/2/20 Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmeiner at gmail.com>:
>>> > 2012/2/20 Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmeiner at gmail.com>:
>>> >> 2012/2/20 Kevin O'Connor <kevin at koconnor.net>:
>>> >>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 02:39:27PM +0100, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
>>> >>>> Hi all,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I am trying my luck with coreboot and seabios to get VGA working on an LX800
>>> >>>> platform. At the moment I am not sure what options I need to enable in coreboot
>>> >>>> and seabios to enable VGA.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Nils recently reported success using the SeaVGABIOS on his Geode GX2
>>> >>> based machine.  I don't think anyone has tried recently on the Geode
>>> >>> LX.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Coreboot does its jobs and starts SeaBIOS, but VGA seems not to work.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> thanks for every hint
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Please send the coreboot plus seabios log (with debugging set to 8) to
>>> >>> the mail list.
>>> >>
>>> >> Here it is http://nopaste.info/10545252c4.html
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > After some tipps on irc I get this results:
>>> > http://nopaste.info/f22222d6d8.html
>>
>> It is not clear to me if you get some text on your screen now that vga
>> bios loading is working.
>
> It does not work.. any hints how to debug it. I can say, that linux lxfb works.
>
>>
>> For your boot problem you could try enabling CONFIG_ATA_DMA if i
>> remember correct it doesn't boot without it on my target also.( i always
>> set it)
>
> On some of your devices UDMA is broken due some wrong schematics. So I
> enabled PIO32
>
> Greets
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> Christian Gmeiner, MSc