From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Q5DOV-000534-E1 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:38:19 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54947 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Q5DOR-00050E-Qy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:38:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5DOP-0001IG-HM for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:38:15 -0400 Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:43089) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Q5DOP-0001Hv-Cx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:38:13 -0400 Received: by wyf19 with SMTP id 19so2137590wyf.0 for ; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:38:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=LRQeFmAdX1587PdZ2VN0EJQcopaYPtE5y6nl90Fap3k=; b=qB8jE9/DDEFv+8ClUJIruA0CUuHUoDpe4mTVl60wNi/lLH/YsF8XCMtPx48UVs5TSh LFryTVaS7xkUEON4HHXVoJ55OhDsoXSEDaXXkdyB6Etp1O8BaPe85wvNezwZXlLgZ0BQ TLL2tTXvbuyZQhxAEqN/W2/YyWdakK2a2KYEQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=meBoqLTEtFUar5We8a6yQno0N/pibdUp6InY/FfRtdk3CJE7JSogw8e5fkHfADHLTA hJ8CITKk+yoPbJZ+w6ROhfa1H1ULhGGQcJue8C0n67SLm84kDsf251cILVDTq3zPTBaC KJKApHX3CB350knLMOJIp4HNlpq+xmTSicTDE= Received: by 10.227.0.88 with SMTP id 24mr2500334wba.123.1301560692419; Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:38:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.x201.phnet (gprs09.swisscom-mobile.ch [193.247.250.9]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id l24sm508822wbc.47.2011.03.31.01.38.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:38:11 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4D943D69.8070003@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:38:01 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16) Gecko/20110303 Iceowl/1.0b1 Icedove/3.0.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org References: <797D65C0-7105-4988-B773-6EFB49E57B26@colorremedies.com> In-Reply-To: <797D65C0-7105-4988-B773-6EFB49E57B26@colorremedies.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig7730B2CAADE496FFAD581107" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 74.125.82.169 Subject: Re: Testing On Macbook on enbug.org X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:38:17 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig7730B2CAADE496FFAD581107 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 31.03.2011 02:29, Chris Murphy wrote: > re: http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnMacbook > I am wondering who the author of this page is, and if it's possible to > get a more clear step by step of how a Macbook Pro 4,1 =E2=80=93 one of= the > testing configurations on that page =E2=80=93 was configured to success= fully > boot Linux in EFI native mode. So far I have been unable to reproduce > it based on the information provided on that page, and have found no > other guides or resources indicating it's possible. > =46rom quick look on the page it seems that you're able to load Linux but= have trouble with graphical drivers. While some workarounds are possible on GRUB level, it's not GRUB territory to fix those. > > An advantage of GRUB2 here is the ability to use loadbios. But I have > not been successful at getting this to work as described. > loadbios is just a kludge. In perspective the settings currently retrieved from 0xc000 (VGA BIOS) zone should be retrieved from PCI ROM, using x86emu if necessary, or be in tables included in drivers. Also note that for loadbios to work, you need a VGA BIOS dump obtained while booted in *BIOS* mode. --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig7730B2CAADE496FFAD581107 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREKAAYFAk2UPWkACgkQNak7dOguQgkiCgD+PSOBmHtf+/Sf6Gp4NwGg/j9f SwX3um1nerOa9sPYI3AA/0hQL/9aAmphTqCdVsQ/naKgXUAMpA8a5pOqSfsUceGD =B48P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig7730B2CAADE496FFAD581107--