> On 26. Feb 2021, at 17:56, Rodney W. Grimes <freebsd-...@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> > wrote: > >>> On 26. Feb 2021, at 05:42, Rodney W. Grimes <free...@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>>>> On 23. Feb 2021, at 17:53, Jakob Alvermark <ja...@alvermark.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 2/23/21 12:27 PM, Toomas Soome via freebsd-current wrote: >>>>>> hi! >>>>>> >>>>>> I have done some work to make font pickup a bit smarter (hopefully >>>>>> better;), but my own ability to test is limited to one bugged supermicro >>>>>> and one MBP with retina display? >>>>>> >>>>>> The phab link ishttps://reviews.freebsd.org/D28849 >>>>>> <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28849> >>>>>> >>>>>> I have built loader binaries as well (bios and uefi): >>>>>> loader_lua<http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/loader_lua> >>>>>> loader_lua.efi<http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/loader_lua.efi> >>>>>> >>>>>> To test, you should remove screen.font= line from loader.conf and test >>>>>> with different resolutions. >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks, >>>>>> toomas >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Toomas, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I tested on five different setups. >>>>> >>>>> Surface Pro 10.6"@1920x1080: >>>>> >>>>> The loader menu looks different, the "FreeBSD" text is on the right side >>>>> of the screen. >>>> >>>> >>>> I think, this was the lua script bug we did fix not too long time ago. >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Otherwise, the font size is what I would call a normal size. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Acer laptop 11.6"@1366x768: >>>>> >>>>> Menu looks fine. Almost fills the entire screen. >>>>> >>>>> The font feels a little too big. >>>> >>>> >>>> The laptop built in displays usually do not give out EDID (we get physical >>>> dimensions from EDID), so there we fall back to try to get 80x25 terminal >>>> method. >>> >>> I am having a hard time with that statement. EDID is very common on laptop >>> screens, infact I can not recall ever not seeing EDID on a laptops builtin >>> screen. >>> My 11" acer 1400 has EDID in it. >>> >>> >> >> >> If there is EDID, then it is all good. I have seen cases we do not get it >> with available API. > > Is there a way for me to know if the laoder found EDID data or not? > It might be that the issue is that what ever loader is using for an API is > not working. > I based my "EDID is very common on laptop screens" on the fact that X11 > almost always finds EDID. >
Yes, gop get / vbe list — yes, it is inconsistent, should fix at some point… :) we do use gop get active edid/get discovered edid protocol and vbe function 0x4f15. rgds, toomas _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
