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author | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2015-03-30 20:13:55 +0100 |
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committer | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2015-03-30 20:28:09 +0100 |
commit | 86b73d4867d51e5e65e6c458e46ec7b59a40b39d (patch) | |
tree | d6826052ef23aaece45d349940719ddf4cb4d640 | |
parent | 1deab63bb5a1767a500a308cdaf32d43929fa3fc (diff) | |
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docs/release.html: Clean up the task list
Add notes about Kconfig rules for native graphics init on roda rk9
Remove notes about ACPI brightness patches on i945
* Those patches were broken anyway. Wait for igd.asl re-write
patch on gerrit (http://review.coreboot.org/#/c/7472/) to go in
the main coreboot git repository
plus other miscallaneous changes
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1 files changed, 25 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/docs/release.html b/docs/release.html index 93925fd0..f5e11e57 100644 --- a/docs/release.html +++ b/docs/release.html @@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ <li> add roda rk9 support (contact nico to ask for more details about hw). This is GM45 but these machines do not have a descriptor (no ME), should be easy + <ul> + <li>This board lacks native graphics initialization (it should be easy to add in Kconfig files, + but it has to be tested beforehand)</li> + </ul> </li> <li> ThinkPad T500: <a href="http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/42">http://projects.mtjm.eu/work_packages/42</a> @@ -185,14 +189,15 @@ take a look at <a href="http://www.lenovo.com/psref/pdf/ltwbook_2013.pdf">this PDF</a>. </li> <li> - Lenovo G505S - might need video bios and microcode updates. These would have to be removed and/or replaced to be in libreboot - <a href="https://github.com/alterapraxisptyltd/lenovo-g505s">https://github.com/alterapraxisptyltd/lenovo-g505s</a>. - It's AMD (not Intel) based on the same design as the HP Pavillion 1035DX. No ME/AMT to worry about! - <a href"http://www.coreboot.org/User_talk:MrNuke/LTS_Candidates">http://www.coreboot.org/User_talk:MrNuke/LTS_Candidates</a> - and <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/Board:hp/pavilion_m6_1035dx#Native_graphics_init">http://www.coreboot.org/Board:hp/pavilion_m6_1035dx#Native_graphics_init</a> + Lenovo G505S (works without microcode updates). Video BIOS is an issue (unfinished replacement: openatom), as + is the SMU firmware (ruik will know more). Other non-essential blobs may also still be present (but possible + to remove) + </li> + <li> + HP Pavillion 1035DX (same chipset as G505S. See notes above) </li> <li> - F2A85-M and E350M1 (libreboot_*_headless.rom). Test openatom. SMU firmware is a problem. XHCI firmware is a problem. + F2A85-M and E350M1 (libreboot_*_headless.rom). Test openatom (video BIOS replacement). SMU firmware is a problem. XHCI firmware is a problem. </li> </ul> </li> @@ -205,6 +210,8 @@ <ul> <li> X200: text-mode is broken. only framebuffer graphics work. + Commit bde6d309dfafe58732ec46314a2d4c08974b62d4 in coreboot is what + broke it. Investigate. </li> </ul> </li> @@ -212,19 +219,8 @@ Fix these issues on i945 targets (X60/T60/macbook21) <ul> <li> - linux 3.18 broke acpi brightness on i945 (X60/T60). Libreboot reverted to legacy brightness for now. Look into why it - broke on 3.18 (do a git bisect). - </li> - <li> - i945: fix VRAM size (currently 8MB. should be 64MB). - See <a href="future/index.html#i945_vram_size">future/index.html#i945_vram_size</a>. - </li> - <li> HIGH PRIORITY! <b>i945: Linux 3.19 doesn't boot. (probably affects T60/macbook21). <a href="https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93171">Preliminary bug report (kernel, linux)</a> - -- bogus. Based on earlier immature reports. - -- the error message is probably not the issue, but something else. do a bisect of linux. - Also, does the issue still occur on lenovobios? (no, they don't, according to Paul Menzel) pstuge said <a href="http://biosbits.org/">http://biosbits.org/</a> patricg says https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareEnablementTeam/Documentation/FirmwareTestSuiteLive</b> <ul> @@ -233,14 +229,22 @@ </ul> </li> <li> + i945: fix VRAM size (currently 8MB. should be 64MB). + See <a href="future/index.html#i945_vram_size">future/index.html#i945_vram_size</a>. + </li> + <li> Fix remaining incompatible LCD panels in native graphics on T60. See <a href="future/index.html#lcd_i945_incompatibility">future/index.html#lcd_i945_incompatibility</a>. </li> <li> - i945: fix linux (if possible). VBT. http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2014-June/078104.html - http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2014-June/078105.html - This is talking about without native init / oprom. Paul reported it, look into it. - i945 currently lacks fake_vbt tables. + i945: the intel video driver used to initialize the display without native graphics initialization + and without the extracted video BIOS. It no longer does, so investigate why it does not, and fix + the regression (fix has to be done in the kernel, Linux). + See <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2014-June/078104.html">http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2014-June/078104.html</a> and + <a href="http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2014-June/078105.html">http://www.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2014-June/078105.html</a> + </li> + <li> + Add fake_vbt tables on i945 machines (also GM45). </li> <li> Commit 26ca08caf81ad2dcc9c8246a743d82ffb464c767 in coreboot, see the while (1) loop that |