Re: [Mactel-linux-devel] Linux video drivers for intel macs.

[gimli <gi...@da...>]

Hi.

The EFI fix is sended to the LKML and the ACPI developer knows about it.

cu

ED.

Miguel Filipe wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Since two distrinct projects have successfully booted linux, using
> slightly diffent aproaches, there are now at least to diferent hacks
> to have video drivers on intel macs.
> 
> one is hacked vesafb that has become "imacfb", acording to
> http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page
> an another one is here:
> http://www.osxbook.com/book/bonus/misc/linux/download/osxbook.com-iMac-x86-Linux.tar.bz2
> In here:
> http://www.osxbook.com/book/bonus/misc/linux/
> the authors explain how they done it.. and compare approaches to the
> mactel guys...
> 
> Is anyone working on recycling these hacks to something more generic
> like suport for: intel iMacs and macbook pros..
> Or mainline fixes needed for EFI + acpi + x86 ?
> 
> best regards,
> 
> --
> Miguel Sousa Filipe
> 
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