vgabios use howto.
ron minnich
rminnich at lanl.gov
Mon Jan 12 16:01:01 CET 2004
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, Richard Smith wrote:
> Yeah. This system is going to boot from a compact flash thats
> replaceable so if it gets hosed and won't boot then I need some sort of
> info on the screen to indicate failue rather than haveing to have a tech
> sent out to the site to connect up a serial console to determine the issue.
it's amazing how often this issue comes up. VGA is "special".
> Ok. Is that in the stock freebios module or a seperate module? Have
> you tested it compiling against uclibc? I guess I can compile static to
> start with if I need to.
yes, the stock one in the freebios 1 tree.
> How much work do you see coming to add the emulator into LB?
not a lot. We'll see as we proceed.
Your expertise would be invaluable in making sure it's working correctly,
however.
ron
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