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Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:28:32 +0100 Message-ID: <3308733.aeNJFYEL58@rogueboard> In-Reply-To: <1cdcff65-cc6b-4f61-9662-3facee630869@charter.net> References: <1cdcff65-cc6b-4f61-9662-3facee630869@charter.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3315073.44csPzL39Z"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-PPP-Message-ID: <172431534662.2196849.15267175095897362585@cloud238.thundercloud.uk> X-PPP-Vhost: kintzios.com X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 1692E1E000A X-Rspamd-Server: mailclean11 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.61 / 999.00]; SIGNED_PGP(-2.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.20)[multipart/signed,text/plain]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.10)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(0.00)[kintzios.com,none]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FUZZY_BLOCKED(0.00)[rspamd.com]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_ADDR_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:34931, ipnet:149.255.60.0/22, country:GB]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM(-0.00)[-0.836]; R_SPF_ALLOW(0.00)[+mx]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[confabulate@kintzios.com] X-Rspamd-Action: no action X-Archives-Salt: d431a5ed-c3c5-44b3-8aab-c94a3a774436 X-Archives-Hash: a74edbc6b94fe774ae8926551e5842d5 --nextPart3315073.44csPzL39Z Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; protected-headers="v1" From: Michael To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: confabulate@kintzios.com Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 09:28:32 +0100 Message-ID: <3308733.aeNJFYEL58@rogueboard> In-Reply-To: <1cdcff65-cc6b-4f61-9662-3facee630869@charter.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 On Thursday, 22 August 2024 01:34:28 BST corbin bird wrote: [Snip ...] > You need all shown below to get console output. With EFI MoBos in most cases you no longer need any other than the EFI=20 framebuffer, although legacy framebuffers won't hurt beyond bloating the si= ze=20 of the kernel image. Kernel image size could be an issue for embedded=20 devices, but not for a desktop. > --------- > Under "Device Drivers ---> Firmware Drivers --->" > [*] Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer >=20 > Under "Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> Frame buffer Devices=20 > --->" <*> Support for frame buffer device drivers ---> > [*] Provide legacy /dev/fb* device The legacy /dev/fb* device above is only needed if you have some particular= =20 application or code which may use fbdev to provide graphics output - e.g.=20 https://github.com/reiver/go-fbdev > Under "Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> Frame buffer Devices=20 > ---> <*> Support for frame buffer device drivers --->"=20 > [*] VESA VGA graphics support > [*] EFI-based Framebuffer Support > <*> Simple framebuffer support Just building the "EFI-based Framebuffer Support" should be enough for EFI= =20 MoBos. Note, to have a console coming up and not just a black screen you w= ill=20 also need DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION for the KMS to be able to set your display mo= de: -> Device Drivers -> Graphics support -> Enable legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver=20 (DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION [=3Dy]) =E2=94=82 =20 Selects: FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY [=3Dy] = =20 --nextPart3315073.44csPzL39Z Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. 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