On 07/10/07 23:13 +0200, Uwe Hermann wrote: > On Sat, Oct 06, 2007 at 12:21:08PM +0200, Juergen Beisert wrote: > > > Nice! So this is in-LinuxBIOS VGA support? I.e. without running any VGA > > > option ROM blob in an emulator? > > > > This "driver" really knows the hardware, so it does not need any help from > > any > > kind of SMM. > > Very nice! > > > > > I'll give it a try on my CS5530 box in a few days (no access right now). > > > > Visit my BCOM WINNET100 Tutorial, scroll to the buttom of this document and > > download the Board Support Package. Extract it, you will need some patches > > to > > use the VGA console feature within Linux. Also for the Linux kernel you > > will > > need a specific console driver for the GX1, as the generic driver expects > > some help from the SMM. See patches/linux-2.6.22/generic for the whole > > patch > > stack, apply it to a fresh 2.6.22 kernel and build it with the > > igel316-kernelconfig.target as its .config. Also if you like to run X on > > it, > > Is this scheduled to go into the mainline kernel one day? Would be great!
Please do submit it - CC to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > you will need a special driver. You can find it in the BSP in the > > local_src/xf86-video-geode_gx1 directory. Same. Jordan -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
