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Simon Glass
4c59f95327 bios_emulator: Add vesa support and allow ROMs to be passed in as data
As well as locating the ROM on the PCI bus, allow the ROM to be supplied to
the emulator. Split the init up a little so that callers can supply their
own interrupt routines. Also allow a vesa mode to be provided, to be
selected once the BIOS run is complete.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
2014-11-25 07:11:17 -07:00
Simon Glass
6854f87cbc pci: Add general support for execution of video ROMs
Some platforms don't have native code for dealing with their video
hardware. In some cases they use a binary blob to set it up and perform
required actions like setting the video mode. This approach is a hangover
from the old PC days where a ROM was provided and executed during startup.

Even now, these ROMs are supplied as a way to set up video. It avoids the
code for every video chip needing to be provided in the boot loader. But
it makes the video much less flexible - e.g. it is not possible to do
anything else while the video init is happening (including waiting hundreds
of milliseconds for display panels to start up).

In any case, to deal with this sad state of affairs, provide an API for
execution of x86 video ROMs, either natively or through emulation.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
2014-11-25 07:11:14 -07:00
Simon Glass
176bf4ce0c Introduce a header file for the BIOS emulator
We should have a public header so that users can avoid defining functions
themselves.

Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
2014-11-25 06:34:14 -07:00