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This patch lists all supported vesa mode by oprom using Function 0x4F00 (return vbe controller information). This information might be useful for user to select correct vesa mode for oprom. TEST=Enabling external pcie based graphics card on ICLRVP Case 1: with unsupported vesa mode 0x118 Now coreboot will show below msg to user to know there is a potential issue with choosen vesa mode and better users know the failure rather going to depthcharge and debug further. Calling Option ROM... ... Option ROM returned. VBE: Getting information about VESA mode 4118 VBE: Function call invalid with unsupported video mode 0x118! User to select mode from below list - Supported Video Mode list for OpRom are: 0x110 0x111 0x113 0x114 0x116 0x117 0x119 0x11a 0x165 0x166 0x121 0x122 0x123 0x124 0x145 0x146 0x175 0x176 0x1d2 0x1d4 Error: In vbe_get_mode_info function Case 2: with supported vesa mode 0x116 Calling Option ROM... ... Option ROM returned. VBE: Getting information about VESA mode 4116 VBE: resolution: 1024x768@16 VBE: framebuffer: a0000000 VBE: Setting VESA mode 4116 VGA Option ROM was run Change-Id: I02cba44374bc50ec3ec2819c97b6f5027c58387f Signed-off-by: Subrata Banik <subrata.banik@intel.com> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/34284 Reviewed-by: Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
coreboot README
coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.
With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.
coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.
Payloads
After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.
See https://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.
Supported Hardware
coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.
For details please consult:
- https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
- https://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Chipsets_and_Devices
Build Requirements
- make
- gcc / g++
Because Linux distribution compilers tend to use lots of patches. coreboot
does lots of "unusual" things in its build system, some of which break due
to those patches, sometimes by gcc aborting, sometimes - and that's worse -
by generating broken object code.
Two options: use our toolchain (eg. make crosstools-i386) or enable the
ANY_TOOLCHAINKconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this case). - iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
- pkg-config
- libssl-dev (openssl)
Optional:
- doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
- gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
- ncurses (for
make menuconfigandmake nconfig) - flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)
Building coreboot
Please consult https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.
Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware
If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU.
Please see https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.
Website and Mailing List
Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:
You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:
https://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist
Copyright and License
The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.
coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details.
This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.