Re: Radeon HD 5770
Hi!
On 1/26/21 3:06 PM, Linux User #330250 wrote:
> If the card doesn't have a Firmware with FCode for the Open Firmware of
> the Power Mac, it's won't be possible to see anything prior to the Linux
> boot, where Linux initializes the card using the PC-VideoBIOS.
> (...)
> The problem is that without an FCode graphics ROM you also don't get any
> error messages, neither from the Open Firmware (like when it doesn't
> find a bootable operating system: the folder symbol with the question
> mark in it) or from the early kernel. (early printk)
I would probably just use a serial console for the boot sequence.
Adrian
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