From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1RNxdy-0006Ci-Ei for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:12:02 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:54237) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNxdv-0006Ae-Bf for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:12:00 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNxdu-0007T5-8i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:11:59 -0500 Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.121]:40777) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RNxdu-0007Sf-3p for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:11:58 -0500 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=dNAkaZlb c=1 sm=0 a=QETZmXXmyubuBiJjAgCHWw==:17 a=y8ZX_BOJfaUA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=xe8BsctaAAAA:8 a=a3CNIYAET0IlqQ2bAvgA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=QETZmXXmyubuBiJjAgCHWw==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 97.103.252.48 Received: from [97.103.252.48] ([97.103.252.48:42629] helo=[192.168.1.3]) by cdptpa-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id A5/33-16605-B61E9BE4; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:11:55 +0000 Message-ID: <4EB9E16A.8040705@cfl.rr.com> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:11:54 -0500 From: Phillip Susi User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20110929 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: EFI Graphics X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4a1pre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 75.180.132.121 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:12:00 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 So far I have gathered that grub uses the GOP ( Graphics Output Protocol ) EFI interface for graphics. Am I correct in assuming that interface is implemented via an EFI option rom driver on the video card, or a bios fallback? It seems that my system is limited to a simple text mode ( and the EFI shell could upgrade it to only a slightly higher line count mode, didn't even get to 50 ). Is this a limitation of my particular interface, or the GOP protocol? In other words, if I had a different video card, could grub-efi possibly run gfxmenu? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk654WQACgkQJ4UciIs+XuJugQCaA2Vty2FuEM9dmie/e5HBzrXp gvEAoIKSDo35e4C8qEfVEs+PVCJRMXZx =ud17 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----