[SeaBIOS] [PATCH 0/2] Implement VBE function 15h

Gerd Hoffmann kraxel at redhat.com
Fri Mar 16 13:33:22 CET 2012


  Hi,

>> I was thinking more along the lines of having
>> etc/vga-prefered-{xres,yres} fw_cfg files, then generate a EDID block
>> with them so xorg can pick them up and use as default resolution?
>>
> 
> The problem is that the bochs driver will become qemu specific if we do that.

Of course we'll need default backups in case the fw_cfg interface or the
config files in fw_cfg space are not present, not only for non-qemu use
cases but also old qemu versions.

We could also extent the bochs interface for that (which is maybe the
better option anyway).

cheers,
  Gerd



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