Re: [Libreboot] X200 SeaBIOS

[Francis Rowe]

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On 06/11/15 03:34, Francis Rowe wrote:
> We do now integrate SeaBIOS in the latest git tree of libreboot,
> but not for BSD compatibility (BSD still won't work).

To clarify, SeaBIOS has a build option "use coreboot linear
framebuffer" which makes it output on the coreboot framebuffer, which
is free software, instead of the default where it would use a
proprietary Video BIOS option ROM if present. The coreboot framebuffer
works using free Video BIOS replacements (which libreboot uses) but
these lack certain features that a full Video BIOS would have. Without
going into too much detail, it's basically enough for a visual display
in GNU/Linux.

We integrate SeaBIOS using this option, because some people prefer
booting GNU/Linux with SeaBIOS for some reason, even though SeaBIOS
isn't even needed and is just a waste of bytes inside the ROM image.


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