ATI gets a clue.

Carlos Silva r3pek at r3pek.homelinux.org
Mon Feb 9 17:57:01 CET 2004


that was what am was talking about.
i have a nForce2 and i would love to have LinuxBIOS on my PC....
but the only think i can do is w8 :(


> We don't need to with nVidia, we can run their VGA BIOS using testbios.
>
> Though in the perfect world, they'd be more forthcoming with specs so that
> someone can make an LB port for their nForce boards.
>
> On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Carlos Silva wrote:
>
>> Really nice news... i'll keep dreaming that nvidia will do the same.
>>
>>
>> > Wonderfull news... I got this back today from ATI.  Looks like someone
>> > with some clout there finally gets it.
>> >
>> > So I'm about to start porting some biosless init code I received over
>> to
>> > Linux.  Then work it into linux bios.
>> >
>> > I take back everything I said bad about ATI.  *grin*
>> >
>> > Tell all your OEM buddies that ATI Mobility M1 video chips are about
>> to
>> > become LinuxBIOS friendly in the near future.
>> >
>> > -------
>> > Sorry for the lengthy delay.  There is a lot of detail here.
>> Basically,
>> > you can develop code with our documentation, and then release it under
>> > GPL - no issues there.
>> >
>> > If you want to produce a biosless chip init procedure, you can use the
>> > documentation I pointed you to.  If you have any questions, feel free
>> to
>> > email me about those documents.
>> > ---------
>> >
>> > --
>> > Richard A. Smith
>> > rsmith at bitworks.com
>> >
>> >
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