On 8/25/06, Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/25/06, Rogelio Serrano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is there a way for linuxbios to initialize the graphics hardware > > directly? besides making linux use the framebuffer directly on bootup. > > and maybe making filo use the framebuffer too. > > If the hardware was standard then yes but each graphics mfg does it > differently and its hidden by the VGA bios. Think of each graphics > card as a graphics northbridge. You have to eanble all the right > bits, turn on the video ram, etc. On 99% of graphics cards the info > on how to do this is not known. So you have to run the vga bios to do > it. > > > -- > Richard A. Smith >
ugh!!! and the vga bios is running at 16 bit mode? and its slow with all its timing loops and other stuff. which graphic cards are in the other 1%? hah! this is another argument for ogp. i have to start studying fpgas now. i need an open graphics card that boots at a fraction of the speed of current cards and boots straight into framebuffer mode. -- things i hate about my linux pc: 1. it takes more than a second to boot up 2. keeps asking about filenames and directories 3. does not remember what i was working on yesterday 4. does not remember all the changes i have ever made 5.cannot figure out necessary settings by itself -- linuxbios mailing list [email protected] http://www.openbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
