03788.html
Signed-off-by: Kevin Locke
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Changes since v3:
* Rewrite the doc addition, limiting it to VGA devices with VBE, as
VBE is the only problematic feature.
* Rewrite the commit message as a result of the new scope.
* Mention VBE in relation to BIOS and UEFI to help users determine
On Tue, 2022-06-14 at 10:52 +0200, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>> On 06/12/22 19:32, Kevin Locke wrote:
>>> PCI Express devices which use legacy VGA compatibility should be placed
>>> on the Root Complex. This simplifies ioport access to VGA registers,
>>> which requir
was not previously mentioned, and may be relevant for PCIe
devices offering VGA compatibility in the future.
[1]:
https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/seab...@seabios.org/thread/XG2RN3HKVRDEDTLA2PRELLIENIIH7II7/#XVP3I2KQVZHSTDA4SNVKOITWGRGSDU3F
Suggested-by: Laszlo Ersek
Signed-off-by: Kevin Locke
was not previously mentioned, and may be relevant for PCIe
devices offering VGA compatibility in the future.
[1]:
https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/seab...@seabios.org/thread/XG2RN3HKVRDEDTLA2PRELLIENIIH7II7/#XVP3I2KQVZHSTDA4SNVKOITWGRGSDU3F
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Ersek
Signed-off-by: Kevin Locke
covered already (although not
> specifically) by "pcie.txt"; see above. "-device VGA" is a legacy PCI
> device, you can't plug it in an Express slot (root complex or port
> alike).
>
> In the blog post at
> <https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2019/09/display-devices-in
IENIIH7II7/#XVP3I2KQVZHSTDA4SNVKOITWGRGSDU3F
Signed-off-by: Kevin Locke
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This suggested documentation change is the result of my struggles to
understand why I was seeing a very limited set of display modes in one
of my virtual machines, as explained in the seabios ML post linked above
and an earlier post to qemu-discuss.[
