vgarom configs no longer execute vga roms from seabios,
and coreboot is set to not do so either.

therefore, this config should now be named normal.

new path:

resources/coreboot/e6400nvidia_4mb/config/normal

old path:

resources/coreboot/e6400nvidia_4mb/config/vgarom_txtmode

In "normal" configs, text mode is assumed, and hardcoded
in lbmk. It is assumed that a VGA ROM would be provided, that
handles everything (meaning, not SeaVGABIOS).

Also, this commit fixes VGA init on E6400 Nvidia, in case
it's not clear. The last few patches broke it, for reasons
explained above.

This reverts commit 4ee5e2af.

I thought maybe coreboot init would work better, but i get the same
problem: xorg doesn't start at all, when using the nouveau driver.

However, booting to tty works fine, and you can run xorg with
the nomodeset option (in Linux) at startup.

previously, "normal" initmode relied on the vgarom-based
seabios config, which enables option roms, but then lbmk
would insert pci-optionrom-exec 0 for vgarom, and 2 for normal

in libreboot, coreboot roms with "vgarom" in the filename do
pci option rom execution from coreboot, and "normal" roms
do execution from seabios(where seabios is the only payload
provided on normal setups)

this is because payloads like grub can also be used, on vgarom
setups, where coreboot must handle oprom execution

This reverts commit 2b2f5992.

but still add it. we will let seabios run it.

Merge pull request 'Add devicetree patch for E6400 with Nvidia GPU' (#51) from nic3-14159/lbmk:e6400-nvidia into e6400nvidia_wip

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/pulls/51

The Intel GPU model was already supported. Libreboot's
build system now supports automatically downloading the
Nvidia VGA ROM for dGPU models.

Added to WIP branch for further testing.

For Nvidia GPU models of Dell Latitude E6400

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/pulls/49

This updates the dell_inspiron_1100.py script from Python 2 to 3 for
better compatibility (some distros have dropped Python 2), and adds
special handling so that it works with the Latitude E6400 BIOS.

These have also been sent upstream, so these patches can be dropped
once they are merged:
https://review.coreboot.org/c/bios_extract/+/74975/
https://review.coreboot.org/c/bios_extract/+/74976/
https://review.coreboot.org/c/bios_extract/+/74977/

nobody will bother to upgrade the flash on those machines

not much point maintaining the 8/16mb versions

might aswell do just the _4mb version

only src should be in git

Merge pull request 'Add fedora 38 other unifont dependencies' (#45) from MrArthegor/lbmk:master into master

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/pulls/45

the return value was never used

the deleted patch (in this commit) was written to fix an
issue theoretically; it hasn't been fully tested, and some
people have reported strange issues since this patch was
merged - there is no proof that this patch causes them, but
removing this patch is the correct thing to do regardless

Merge pull request 'parabola specific dependencies install script' (#13) from Riku_V/lbmk:parabola into master

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/pulls/13

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/pulls/23

i downloaded this file from git manually at some point,
when rebasing changes (i think it was the ec ones)

the logic in the file is correct but i forgot to mark
it executable

without this commit, lbmk fails utterly, on all the newer
intel boards

Merge pull request 'Undo GRUB fixes for E6400' (#20) from nic3-14159/lbmk:revert-e6400-grub-fix into master

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/pulls/20

This reverts commit fe2b7203.

The GRUB patch to fix the E6400 broke other systems and has been
reverted. As a result, GRUB needs to be disabled again on the E6400
until a better fix has been created.

This reverts commit 1497ae04.

The blanket GRUB patch seems to break PS/2 keyboard handling across
other platforms, so revert it.

Merge pull request 'Fix E6400 keyboard handling in GRUB' (#19) from nic3-14159/lbmk:fix-ps2-grub into master

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/pulls/19

This reverts commit 7bc4dc32.

The E6400 keyboard should work in GRUB now so we can reenable it.

This introduces a patch to grub which disables the coreboot
specific handling, allowing PS/2 keyboards to be handled the
same as i386-pc.  However this alone breaks the keyboard in
Linux, requiring coreboot to perform PS/2 initialization.

I think GRUB may be restoring the original configuration of
the PS/2 controller once it exits, and if coreboot doesn't
initialize the controller then it's restored to the default
state which Linux doesn't seem to like. I think the emulated
keyboard interface provided by the EC on the E6400 behaves
in a non-standard way that is incompatible with the old
coreboot specific handling.

Nicholas Chin authored 1 year ago and Leah Rowe committed 1 year ago

when nicholas added this, he removed the README because it's
going on libreboot.org instead. however, i merged a WIP version
of his page for now because i want to get the e6400 going in
libreboot sooner. so, temp-readding this README. will just
link to this on codeberg or something, from the lb docs

NOTE: I didn't write this README, hence author field set
in the commit. Nicholas wrote it, but I (Leah Rowe) am just
adding it. so, git author set to nicholas, not me

ps/2 internal keyboard faulty in grub target
i386-coreboot, according to nic3-14159

normal i386-pc grub (bios grub) is fine,
booted from seabios

it is being investigated

Merge pull request 'Add configs for the Latitude E6400' (#16) from nic3-14159/lbmk:e6400-port into master

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/pulls/16

Merge pull request 'Add E6400 flash unlock utility' (#17) from nic3-14159/lbmk:e6400-flash-unlock into master

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/libreboot/lbmk/pulls/17

Adding it to lbmk for now as it is not yet in coreboot. If it is merged
into coreboot we can just reference the one there. The original README
will be incorporated into a new page on lbwww, so README.md just points
to a placeholder URL that should match the new page.