Re: [PATCH] New frame buffer detection algorithm and loadrom command for efi platform

[step21]

hi,
why did you scrap ivt.bin loading ... seems much more complicated now.
I'm not sure if I remeber right, but I think ivt.bin worked best for me ...

2009/3/26 Bean <address@hidden>:
> Hi,
>
> This is another update, it contains the following changes with regards
> to the previous one:
>
> 1, Move loadbios command to commands/efi directory.
> 2, loadbios support an optional second parameter which is the int10
> vector dump file.
> 3, The linux command enables frame buffer by default, so you don't
> need video= option anymore.
> 4. New command fix_video to fix video register issue with efi. With
> this, you can boot to console mode with agp enabled.
> 5, New shell script grub-dumpbios which can be used to generate the
> bios dump from pc mode.
>
> As the commands usage have changed in the previous patches, here is a
> summary of what you should do with this latest patch:
>
> 1, Boot without bios dump.
>
> This is the commands to use:
>
> search --set /vmlinuz
> fix_video
> fakebios
> linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb1
> initrd /initrd.img
>
> 2, Boot with bios dump.
>
> First, boot to pc mode, then use script grub-dumpbios to generate the
> dump files:
>
> sudo grub-dumpbios -o /boot/
>
> video bios dump is in vbios.bin, int10 vector is in int10.bin. /boot/
> is the output directory.
>
> Then, use the following commands in grub2:
> search --set /vmlinuz
> fix_video
> loadbios /boot/vbios.bin /boot/int10.bin
> linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb1
> initrd /initrd.img
>
> Moreover, if you're booting 2.6.27-28, amd64 kernel, you need to add
> noefi option.
>
> --
> Bean
>
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