[Freedos-devel] New program: X-VESA

[Jim H. <jh...@fr...>]

I am re-posting this announcement for a developer who wanted to share
his program, but isn't subscribed to the email list.

>From the GitHub page:
:: X-VESA enumerates all available VESA video modes, decodes the information
:: returned by the VESA interface for each mode, and performs functional
:: tests and measurements on the hardware resources actually accessible. It
:: supports VBE specifications from version 1.0 to version 3.0, including
:: non-standard versions and partial or defective implementations.
::
:: X-VESA is designed for use on real hardware. Operation on emulators
:: or virtual machines is technically possible but discouraged: timing,
:: jitter and VRAM access speed measurements produce meaningless results
:: in an emulated environment.

X-VESA is distributed under the GNU GPL.

Here's the announcement:

Marco Pistella <mpi...@li...> wrote:
>
> I'd like to share a new DOS tool I recently published on GitHub: X-VESA
> V2.0.0, a diagnostic program for in-depth analysis and verification of
> VESA interfaces on real hardware.
>
> X-VESA enumerates all available VESA video modes, decodes the information
> returned by the VESA interface for each mode, and performs functional
> tests and measurements on the hardware resources actually accessible. It
> supports VBE specifications from version 1.0 to 3.0.
>
> Key features include VRAM benchmarks (8 to 512-bit, with SSE/AVX/AVX-512F
> support), VRAM reliability tests, video scan timing analysis, EDID decode,
> virtual resolution tests, and Video BIOS ROM dump.
>
> X-VESA is a complete rewrite from scratch in x86 assembly language
> (22,000+ lines), released under GPL-3.0.
>
> GitHub repository: https://github.com/Marco-Pistella/X-VESA
>
> Official thread: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=111021
>