From 4dc5e54da31c810c988a0122fcd50b7d6f70354a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bin Meng Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2016 04:14:10 -0700 Subject: x86: doc: Document coreboot framebuffer driver issue on QEMU For some unknown reason, coreboot framebuffer driver never works on QEMU since day 1. It seems the driver only works on real hardware. Document this issue. Signed-off-by: Bin Meng Reviewed-by: Simon Glass --- doc/README.x86 | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/README.x86 b/doc/README.x86 index ba5bb99dcd..437dc291e1 100644 --- a/doc/README.x86 +++ b/doc/README.x86 @@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ At present it seems that for Minnowboard Max, coreboot does not pass through the video information correctly (it always says the resolution is 0x0). This works correctly for link though. +Note: coreboot framebuffer driver does not work on QEMU. The reason is unknown +at this point. Patches are welcome if you figure out anything wrong. + Test with QEMU for bare mode ---------------------------- QEMU is a fancy emulator that can enable us to test U-Boot without access to -- cgit v1.2.3