Re: Coldfire PCI going to VGA/Nvidia initial Console.
On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, John Jeffers wrote:
> Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Sat, 26 Apr 2008, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> > > 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).
> >
> Well said. Thats a part I missed Geert. Do you recall any link to any
It was in early 2.6.
http://osdir.com/ml/fbdev.devel/2004-05/msg00190.html
> particular code? (Not that there is a working i386 emulator for coldfire.)
Oh yes, there's a plain C one in Xorg, IIRC.
> And would I have a better chance on a ATI X1250 or Radeon. I'd love to get
> this working and contribute it back.
For those you definitely need to run the BIOS code.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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