Re: Coldfire PCI going to VGA/Nvidia initial Console.
On Sat, 26 Apr 2008, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > I want to get a 3.3V PCI card to run in VGA mode (And these days 3.3V PCI
> > > is
> > > Nvidia or ATI ). The 68K's traditionally do a switch to a frame buffer.
> > > Can
> > > anyone point out the best thread to follow to bring up a Nvidia PCI card
> > > as
> > > initial console? I see where we go to serial console.(2.6.23-cf) I am
> > > somewhat unfamiliar with distro creation.
> >
> > You will have to run the BIOS code on the graphics card using an x86
> > emulator first.
>
> Does the kernel ATI or Nvidia framebuffer code rely on OF init on PowerPC?
Yes.
There used to be initialization code in Linux for the ATI RAGE XL, but
last time someone tried, it no longer worked.
All other cards need to be initialized by the BIOS (or Open Firmware).
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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