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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: ron minnich [<A HREF="mailto:rminnich@gmail.com">mailto:rminnich@gmail.com</A>]<BR>
Sent: Tue 12/20/2011 1:02 AM<BR>
To: She, Kerry<BR>
Cc: Kerry Sheh; coreboot@coreboot.org<BR>
Subject: Re: [coreboot] Patch set updated for coreboot: 6709bdd Fix multipleVGA cards resource conflict on Windows<BR>
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On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:01 PM, She, Kerry <Kerry.She@amd.com> wrote:<BR>
>> Hello, Ron<BR>
>><BR>
>>> I asked:<BR>
>>> What do Linux or *BSD do in the same situation? Do they handle it cleanly?<BR>
>> Linux VGA Arbiter module(vgaarb) will handle this explicitly.<BR>
>> So dual vga card would works together, even coreboot not disable IO& MEM decoding on the second vga card.<BR>
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>OK, then, my concern about this patch is that you are making a<BR>
>compile-time decision in coreboot to fix a problem with one operating<BR>
>system (Windows) that will impact other operating systems that don't<BR>
>have the problem.<BR>
Yes, I agree.<BR>
<BR>
>I wonder if a better way to manage this is via a CMOS (aka NVRAM)<BR>
>setting. I kind of hate to limit coreboot because Windows is limited.<BR>
>But I'm a n00b in a sense, having just come back onto this project, so<BR>
>I'm happy to be told I'm wrong :-)<BR>
I think CMOS option is a better choice for this case,<BR>
thanks for your advice.<BR>
<BR>
>ron<BR>
>p.s. For those who don't know me, I've been out of coreboot for 2<BR>
>years, having been heavily involved from 1999 (when I started<BR>
>LinuxBIOS) to 2009. Changing circumstances mean I get to work on it<BR>
>again, which is nice.<BR>
That's great, I'm glad to hear that you are back to work on coreboot again:)<BR>
<BR>
kerry</FONT>
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