diff options
| author | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2015-04-04 14:05:59 (EDT) |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2015-04-04 14:05:59 (EDT) |
| commit | e4680bbaab69e5bd9f6b022d5ae938259bfc6a24 (patch) | |
| tree | eebf0c15d65b3fbd60f1f357a195e55d099b28c2 /docs/install/r400_external.html | |
| parent | dbdd0bc1e51759f0d9b3d2283ed9f54b011a2c47 (diff) | |
| download | libreboot-e4680bbaab69e5bd9f6b022d5ae938259bfc6a24.zip libreboot-e4680bbaab69e5bd9f6b022d5ae938259bfc6a24.tar.gz libreboot-e4680bbaab69e5bd9f6b022d5ae938259bfc6a24.tar.bz2 | |
docs/install/*_external.html: Update notes: switchable graphics
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/install/r400_external.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/install/r400_external.html | 21 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/install/r400_external.html b/docs/install/r400_external.html index 921da5e..aa96d83 100644 --- a/docs/install/r400_external.html +++ b/docs/install/r400_external.html @@ -60,16 +60,23 @@ <h1>A note about GPUs</h1> <p> - This guide currently assumes that you have an Intel GPU (non-switchable). - Some T400 have switchable graphics (ATI), which means that you can choose between ATI or Intel - in the <i>BIOS setup</i>. When switching to Intel, is lenovobios not enabling ATI - (where ATI is disabled by default and the system uses the Intel chip), or are they - disabling it (where the system uses the ATI chip by default)? + Some models have an Intel GPU, while others have both an ATI and an Intel GPU; this + is referred to as "switchable graphics". In the <i>BIOS setup</i> programme + for lenovobios, you can specify that the system will use one or the other (but not both). </p> <p> - Basically, switchable graphics is untested, but it should be easy to get it working - (if it doesn't already work). + Libreboot is known to work on systems with only the Intel GPU, using native graphics initialization. + On systems with switchable graphics, it is believed that the ATI chip is used by default; coreboot + was tested with the native init and it didn't work, so the theory is that you have to disable + the ATI chip and make it use the Intel GPU instead (with native graphics), using the same method + as lenovobios. The other alternative is to implement native graphics initialization for the ATI chip + used on some models, but this is much harder (disabling the ATI chip in favour of Intel is likely much easier). + </p> + + <p> + For now (unless you want to help make systems with switchable graphics work, where a display + is initialized for the Intel GPU), you should avoid systems with switchable graphics. </p> <h1>CPU paste required</h1> |