[SeaBIOS] Flat Panel Support

Fred . eldmannen at gmail.com
Mon Jul 9 11:10:51 CEST 2012


I want it to boot 1920x1200 from the start.
Then my Linux kernel loads and its still at 1920x1200 without any mode
switch and flickering.

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Christian Gmeiner
<christian.gmeiner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I did some more research and came up with the following idea/plan:
>
> * search for valid edid binary blob (maybe this can be done with cbfs
> from coreboot)
> * extend vgasrc/geodevga.c to make use of edid information's
> * extend vgasrc/vbe.c to support edid calls (104f15)
>
> What do you think?
> ---
> Christian Gmeiner, MSc
>
>
> 2012/7/6 Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmeiner at gmail.com>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am working to extend geode VBios to support flat panels. During research
>> and testing I run into a the following problem.
>> In order to support flat panels some technical details about the panel are
>> needed to drive them correctly.
>>
>> I have seen that some vendors are using EPI to solve this problem:
>> http://www.epi-standard.org/
>>
>> Is this the way to go? Adding support for EPI into seabios and extend
>> geode VBios to make use of the informations provided?
>>
>> thanks
>> ---
>> Christian Gmeiner, MSc
>
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