Re: [coreboot] AMD doesn't get it either in some ways

2014-04-05 Thread Idwer Vollering
2014-04-05 15:48 GMT+02:00 Luc Verhaegen l...@skynet.be: On Sat, Apr 05, 2014 at 03:20:08PM +0200, Rudolf Marek wrote: Hi all, I think there is OpenRadeonBios. The problem is that thhe AtomBIOS bytecode is vendor specific blob, which cannot be in principle released by AMD because it is

[coreboot] AMD doesn't get it either in some ways

2014-04-04 Thread ron minnich
I have this nice board, with a nice AMD cpu, and I get no graphics. Why? Because AMD won't release the VGA blob. So the board is headless. Another addition to the blob matrix. sigh. It's really not that just one vendor is bad and one is good. AMD has its issues too. It's a wonder I have any

Re: [coreboot] AMD doesn't get it either in some ways (the bastards!!!)

2014-04-04 Thread mrnuke
On Friday, April 04, 2014 10:00:41 AM ron minnich wrote: I have this nice board, with a nice AMD cpu, and I get no graphics. Why? Because AMD won't release the VGA blob. So the board is headless. Are you talking about a board which originally came with IBV firmware? In that case, you may be

Re: [coreboot] AMD doesn't get it either in some ways (the bastards!!!)

2014-04-04 Thread ron minnich
Now, there's no need to be that mean, ok? AMD are not bad guys in my view. But they have made some seriously boneheaded decisions, and locking up the VGA bios is one of them. We can't get anywhere calling people names like this. ron -- coreboot mailing list: coreboot@coreboot.org

Re: [coreboot] AMD doesn't get it either in some ways (the bastards!!!)

2014-04-04 Thread mrnuke
On Friday, April 04, 2014 11:08:29 AM ron minnich wrote: Now, there's no need to be that mean, ok? AMD are not bad guys in my view. But they have made some seriously boneheaded decisions, and locking up the VGA bios is one of them. Not mean, disappointed. We can't get anywhere calling

Re: [coreboot] AMD doesn't get it either in some ways (the bastards!!!)

2014-04-04 Thread ron minnich
On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 5:28 PM, mrnuke mr.nuke...@gmail.com wrote: That's just a reference to South Park. Which would be fine if everyone on this list was a native English speaker and knew what South Park was. Else, they could naturally take offense, so please keep that in mind. While I think

Re: [coreboot] AMD doesn't get it either in some ways (the bastards!!!)

2014-04-04 Thread ron minnich
And here's where we thank Intel, btw. They've done a truly wonderful job of getting code into the Linux kernel that I was able to use to open up chipset init for sandybridge, ivybridge, and haswell, A tip of the hat to Intel and Jesse Barnes especially for all they've done in that area. So let's

Re: [coreboot] AMD doesn't get it either in some ways (the bastards!!!)

2014-04-04 Thread Luc Verhaegen
On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 12:38:07PM -0500, mrnuke wrote: On Friday, April 04, 2014 10:00:41 AM ron minnich wrote: I have this nice board, with a nice AMD cpu, and I get no graphics. Why? Because AMD won't release the VGA blob. So the board is headless. Are you talking about a board which