From e73d72d5d8cb061a29e555d99d9fe0903cfcc112 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 14:41:07 -0500 Subject: add note about desktop hardware --- (limited to 'site/faq') diff --git a/site/faq/index.php b/site/faq/index.php index 7c36ae3..0dcb1d9 100644 --- a/site/faq/index.php +++ b/site/faq/index.php @@ -411,7 +411,12 @@

Will desktop/server hardware be supported? #desktops

- A common issue with desktop hardware is the Video BIOS. Libreboot has to initialize the graphics chipset, + Libreboot now supports desktop hardware: ../docs/hcl/index.html#supported_desktops_x86amdintel. +

+

+ A common issue with desktop hardware is the Video BIOS, when no onboard video is present, since + every video card has a different Video BIOS. Onboard GPUs also require one, so those still have to be + replaced with free software (non-trivial task). Libreboot has to initialize the graphics chipset, but most graphics cards lack a free Video BIOS for this purpose. Some desktop motherboards supported in coreboot do have onboard graphics chipsets, but these also require a proprietary Video BIOS, in most cases.

@@ -419,7 +424,7 @@ There is the XGI Z9s PCI-E graphics card, documented under Board Ports in ../docs/tasks.html, which might be viable for you.

- Although not desktop hardware (it's a server board), libreboot does support + Although not desktop hardware (it's a server board), libreboot does also support the ASUS KFSN4-DRE, with more server hardware support on the horizon, as outlined in ../docs/tasks.html. These boards have onboard graphics chipsets for which free native graphics initialization code -- cgit v0.9.1