| Edgar Hucek | b64ef8a | 2006-08-13 23:24:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | |
| Justin P. Mattock | a8557dc | 2010-04-06 14:34:45 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 2 | What is efifb? |
| Edgar Hucek | b64ef8a | 2006-08-13 23:24:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 3 | =============== |
| 4 | |
| 5 | This is a generic EFI platform driver for Intel based Apple computers. |
| Justin P. Mattock | a8557dc | 2010-04-06 14:34:45 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 6 | efifb is only for EFI booted Intel Macs. |
| Edgar Hucek | b64ef8a | 2006-08-13 23:24:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | |
| 8 | Supported Hardware |
| 9 | ================== |
| 10 | |
| 11 | iMac 17"/20" |
| 12 | Macbook |
| 13 | Macbook Pro 15"/17" |
| 14 | MacMini |
| 15 | |
| 16 | How to use it? |
| 17 | ============== |
| 18 | |
| Justin P. Mattock | a8557dc | 2010-04-06 14:34:45 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 19 | efifb does not have any kind of autodetection of your machine. |
| Matt LaPlante | a982ac0 | 2007-05-09 07:35:06 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 20 | You have to add the following kernel parameters in your elilo.conf: |
| Edgar Hucek | b64ef8a | 2006-08-13 23:24:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 21 | Macbook : |
| Justin P. Mattock | a8557dc | 2010-04-06 14:34:45 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 22 | video=efifb:macbook |
| Edgar Hucek | b64ef8a | 2006-08-13 23:24:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 23 | MacMini : |
| Justin P. Mattock | a8557dc | 2010-04-06 14:34:45 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 24 | video=efifb:mini |
| Edgar Hucek | b64ef8a | 2006-08-13 23:24:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 25 | Macbook Pro 15", iMac 17" : |
| Justin P. Mattock | a8557dc | 2010-04-06 14:34:45 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 26 | video=efifb:i17 |
| Edgar Hucek | b64ef8a | 2006-08-13 23:24:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 27 | Macbook Pro 17", iMac 20" : |
| Justin P. Mattock | a8557dc | 2010-04-06 14:34:45 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 28 | video=efifb:i20 |
| Edgar Hucek | b64ef8a | 2006-08-13 23:24:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 29 | |
| Dave Airlie | dd0c41f | 2017-07-31 18:45:41 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 30 | Accepted options: |
| 31 | |
| 32 | nowc Don't map the framebuffer write combined. This can be used |
| 33 | to workaround side-effects and slowdowns on other CPU cores |
| 34 | when large amounts of console data are written. |
| 35 | |
| Edgar Hucek | b64ef8a | 2006-08-13 23:24:16 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 36 | -- |
| 37 | Edgar Hucek <gimli@dark-green.com> |