[SeaBIOS] [PATCH 01/15] Access DC registers via geode_mem[Read|Write]

Christian Gmeiner christian.gmeiner at gmail.com
Mon Sep 3 13:13:13 CEST 2012


2012/9/2 Christian Gmeiner <christian.gmeiner at gmail.com>:
>
> Am 02.09.2012 21:50 schrieb "Kevin O'Connor" <kevin at koconnor.net>:
>
>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 09:02:05PM +0200, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
>> > Am 02.09.2012 19:59 schrieb "Kevin O'Connor" <kevin at koconnor.net>:
>> > >
>> > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2012 at 05:12:52PM +0200, Christian Gmeiner wrote:
>> > > > There is no reason to access the DC registers via VGA
>> > > > memory mapping if we could the access via memory.
>> > >
>> > > The patch series looks okay to me.  Are these patches specific to the
>> > > board you have, or will they work with all the boards currently
>> > > supported by the SeaVGABIOS Geode code?
>> >
>> > The patches are for all supported Geode devices. I try to get access to
>> > GX
>> > hardware so that I could test the patches in real hardware. I am working
>> > on
>> > a lx800 hardware. I am waiting for the edid patches get merged to come
>> > up
>> > with more patches :)
>>
>> Are the "edid patches" you refer to the ones from Hiroshi Miura, or
>> something else?
>
> The one from Hiroshi Miura. As I also want to do some EDID stuff for the
> geode. I will have a closer look at his patches tomorrow in office.

I got some more patches waiting here. I hope you can submit this patch
series soon :)
In the meanwhile I build an adapter for my current development
platform to be able to connect
a normal VGA monitor. Quite nice to have a mirrored dual screen setup.

As I got VGA working I will also look into getting EDID via VGA etc.

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Christian Gmeiner, MSc



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