Geode sc2200 vga

[Rob van Nieuwkerk]

> > I have successfully built LinuxBIOS to load a kernel from my IDE drive
> > and boot using a serial console.  Now I would like to test the VGA
> > funtionality of my board.  Has anyone had any experience getting the VGA
> > to turn on and work within LinuxBIOS and/or Linux?
> > John
> 
> From my previos posts of the last few days:
> 
> --------------------
> I have the code to set the legacy registers to start VGA for a vga console,
> integrated into linuxbios, working on two different integrated chips, the
> stpc cpu/chipset, and the sis 630 chipset.  It sets the registers for
> 640x400 std text vga, and also 640x480x4 graphics.  I was working on the
> display of a .pcx graphics file when I had to get onto something else, but
> it was all working the last time I tried it.
> 
> The only reason this hasn't been integrated into linuxbios codebase at this
> point is partly lack of interest (I think) in this group, since most use the
> serial console, and partly that I have been off on other things lately.

Hi Steve,

Well, just to let you know: I'm *VERY* intersted in having VGA on my Geode
GX1 boards (the sc2200 is, as I understand it, compatible with the GX1) !
:-)

I haven't used linuxbios yet, but somewhere in the next weeks I'll
start experimenting with it.

	greetings,
	Rob van Nieuwkerk