From 0e3520f74d25bc43572a1afeaa4439bfedcc0d78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francis Rowe
- Run that tool (resources/utilities/i945gpu/intel-regs.py) as root on machines with the offending panels in: + Run that tool (resources/utilities/i945gpu/intel-regs.py) as root on systems with the offending panels in:
- Load (from the ROM) the runningvga.bin for each LCD panel on each machine; do not execute it, only load it! (coreboot will have to be modified). - Rename the ROM appropriately, based on the machine name and the panel name. coreboot_nativegfx_5868_plusrunningvga_t60_14_LTD141ECMB.rom, + Load (from the ROM) the runningvga.bin for each LCD panel on each system; do not execute it, only load it! (coreboot will have to be modified). + Rename the ROM appropriately, based on the system name and the panel name. coreboot_nativegfx_5868_plusrunningvga_t60_14_LTD141ECMB.rom, for instance. Keep a copy for later use.
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................With each boot, make notes about what you see and get logs using the standard test. - You will need the files from #intelvbttool_results for each machine. + You will need the files from #intelvbttool_results for each system.
Results (# means untested): @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ f0: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................- Backup both files (runningvga.bin and intelvbttool_out), renaming them to match the machine and LCD panel used. + Backup both files (runningvga.bin and intelvbttool_out), renaming them to match the system and LCD panel used. ../misc/index.html#get_edid_panelname will show you how to get the name (model) of the LCD panel used.
diff --git a/docs/future/old.html b/docs/future/old.html index 950e2c43..42db7188 100644 --- a/docs/future/old.html +++ b/docs/future/old.html @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Reading 0xe4361254 (address) in Lenovo BIOS always yields FFFFFFFF, even when writing to it (and writing to it doesn't affect brightness controls). 'mtjm' on IRC found that the buttons (Fn keys) control /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0 which has no affect on 61254 (BLC_PWM_CTL). He says intel_backlight has different values and uses the register. devmem2 works, needs checking lspci -vv for where the memory is mapped, - which is different than on coreboot; mtjm found that it was 0xec061254 on his machine (X60 Tablet), and the register value is different too. + which is different than on coreboot; mtjm found that it was 0xec061254 on his system (X60 Tablet), and the register value is different too. This is relevant, because we still don't know how backlight controls are actually handled. We got it working by accident. We need to know more..@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
The replay code is obsolete (see 5320 changeset on review.coreboot.org for better version - which supports more machines/screens, and then 5345 for T60). Information here for reference since that is where the fix was first applied. + which supports more systems/screens, and then 5345 for T60). Information here for reference since that is where the fix was first applied.
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