From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1RO3ti-0001py-OS for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:52:42 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:49309) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RO3tg-0001pH-4N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:52:40 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RO3tf-0006tJ-6Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:52:40 -0500 Received: from mail-fx0-f41.google.com ([209.85.161.41]:35382) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RO3tf-0006t2-0X for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:52:39 -0500 Received: by faaq16 with SMTP id q16so1815443faa.0 for ; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:52:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; 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; bh=ibnkJibp5qqBd4JWXrA6wsBgx7yZ4F2YoyU5cFOEy8A=; b=xTGZmXAYM1WYG1QijeHXJlI7S5mWsXbPDhCxSZ/SwL9Erw44UlIH4S4H6DC+UF0vR7 1IZSw+KsIop5m1+t6UOqg6pvhWOTmzI7a1oquEI4KZPWskL9jyWM98R9lnb6SZ28z5et Af/4mO3xPRgINJ0o0+Tl6PfNT+LryiivHTodY= Received: by 10.223.14.3 with SMTP id e3mr3498888faa.25.1320828757262; Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:52:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from debian.x201.phnet (gprs07.swisscom-mobile.ch. [193.247.250.7]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e17sm5844948faf.4.2011.11.09.00.52.35 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:52:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4EBA3F49.2020508@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:52:25 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20111010 Iceowl/1.0b2 Icedove/3.1.15 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: EFI Graphics References: <4EB9E16A.8040705@cfl.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <4EB9E16A.8040705@cfl.rr.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig44ED216ACC18744E38B9DF68" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.161.41 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 08:52:41 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig44ED216ACC18744E38B9DF68 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09.11.2011 03:11, Phillip Susi wrote: > 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? With GOP GRUB just uses whatever EFI gives it. How it is implemented inside EFI GRUB has no idea and no control over it. So you have to ask EFI developpers. _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enig44ED216ACC18744E38B9DF68 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/ iF4EAREKAAYFAk66P1AACgkQNak7dOguQgl6PQEAgP9BJ6mjDyN3Ci9pL6OU/Jk6 hzGFPdcg4We6T/pWT6UA/jrJiv4BP/I+zZMKTsI/ROXdW/K2zkJYo/ktxvZ+oSZp =flUf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig44ED216ACC18744E38B9DF68--