Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-05 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
You see, Nico, you implicitly answered to Ron's quest to make Coreboot vBIOS/GOP WiKi page... :-) > Maybe this helps you to untangle this: When the VBT was invented, it > might have been named after Intel's Video BIOS because that was its > first consumer. However the name is or has become

Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-05 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
Man, I did not know that my picking on Legacy vBIOS, VBT, and legacy mechanisms will make such a noise. And so many responses. I should say, I am glad that I provoked such an avalanche of info, since, I have to say, I am learning a lot reading this email thread. I hope others learn a lot too.

Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-05 Thread Arthur Heymans
Igor Skochinsky via coreboot writes: > Hello Patrick, > > Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 8:54:09 PM, you wrote: > > PR> VBT is documented by intel-gpu-tools. There's intel_vbt_decode > PR> (former intel_bios_decode) available > PR> >

Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-05 Thread Nico Huber
On 05.04.2017 17:16, ron minnich wrote: > Zoran, given that we still see _MP_ and even $PIR tables in BIOS, is it These are obsoleted standards. > possible that VBT might always be there even if it's not strictly needed? This is a table used by only one vendor and nobody intended to replace it

Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-05 Thread Igor Skochinsky via coreboot
Hello Zoran, Wednesday, April 5, 2017, 5:03:33 PM, you wrote: ZS> To Coreboot, ZS> http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UPFS11_P4_UEFI_GOP_AMD.pdf ZS> Please, read about GOP, and what GOP suppose to be. ZS> So, GOP actually need to replace vBIOS, VBT, legacy INT 10H, and ZS>

Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-05 Thread Nico Huber
On 05.04.2017 17:03, Zoran Stojsavljevic wrote: > To Coreboot, > > http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UPFS11_P4_UEFI_GOP_AMD.pdf > > Please, read about GOP, and what GOP suppose to be. > > So, GOP actually need to replace vBIOS, VBT, legacy INT 10H, and complete > VBE 3.0

Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-05 Thread Igor Skochinsky via coreboot
Hello Patrick, Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 8:54:09 PM, you wrote: PR> VBT is documented by intel-gpu-tools. There's intel_vbt_decode PR> (former intel_bios_decode) available PR> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/intel-gpu-tools/tree/tools/intel_vbt_decode.c PR> that will print all tables in

Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-05 Thread Igor Skochinsky via coreboot
Hello ron, Wednesday, April 5, 2017, 5:16:33 PM, you wrote: rm> Zoran, given that we still see _MP_ and even $PIR tables in BIOS, rm> is it possible that VBT might always be there even if it's not strictly needed? rm> How do non-EFI kernels get information about video if not via the VBT? int

Re: [coreboot] The OpenSSD Project

2017-04-05 Thread Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
Hi, On 05.04.2017 15:48, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > An alternative to blobbed drive firmware. > > http://www.openssd-project.org/wiki/The_OpenSSD_Project Yes, Cosmos and Jasmine are really nice research platforms. Jasmine is pretty old and you can't really use sizes above 30 GB or so. It has a

[coreboot] ASUS KGPE-D16 Automated Test Failure [master]

2017-04-05 Thread Raptor Engineering Automated Coreboot Test Stand
The ASUS KGPE-D16 fails verification for branch master as of commit c5f10f9d857215319c015af3673fadfe1ff3de34 The following tests failed: BOOT_FAILURE Commits since last successful test: c5f10f9 soc/intel/common: allow lpss i2c time-based data hold time See attached log for details This

Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-05 Thread ron minnich
Zoran, given that we still see _MP_ and even $PIR tables in BIOS, is it possible that VBT might always be there even if it's not strictly needed? How do non-EFI kernels get information about video if not via the VBT? On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 8:03 AM Zoran Stojsavljevic <

Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-05 Thread Zoran Stojsavljevic
To Coreboot, http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/UPFS11_P4_UEFI_GOP_AMD.pdf Please, read about GOP, and what GOP suppose to be. So, GOP actually need to replace vBIOS, VBT, legacy INT 10H, and complete VBE 3.0 standard. Why (I have no idea what INTEL does with GOP and how it

Re: [coreboot] VGA and Graphics

2017-04-05 Thread Matt DeVillier
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Zoran Stojsavljevic < zoran.stojsavlje...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Matt, > > Pretty sure there is NO Option ROM, vBIOS and INT10H. Why INTEL for GOP > uses VBT is point of debate. Probably just reduced functionality up to > 1280x1024. So they have VBT to support