Clarifications requested by Robert. EGA text part.

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Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko committed 2010-01-04 20:44:39 +01:00
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All of the graphics fields are enabled by flag bit 2. They specify the
preferred graphics mode. Note that that is only a @emph{recommended}
mode by the OS image. If the mode exists, the boot loader should set
it, when the user doesn't specify a mode explicitly. Otherwise, the
boot loader should fall back to a similar mode, if available. Boot loader
may also choose another mode if it sees fit.
mode by the OS image. Boot loader may also choose another mode if it sees fit.
The meaning of each is as follows:
@@ -947,7 +944,7 @@ if they were @sc{vbe} modes.
If bit 12 in the @samp{flags} is set, the @sc{Framebuffer} table is available.
The field @samp{framebuffer_addr} contains framebuffer physical address. This field is 64-bit wide but bootloader @dfn{should} set it under 4GiB if possible for compatibility with payloads which aren't aware of PAE or amd64. The field @samp{framebuffer_pitch} contains pitch in bytes. The fields @samp{framebuffer_width}, @samp{framebuffer_height} contain framebuffer dimensions in pixels. The field @samp{framebuffer_bpp} contains number of bits per pixel. If @samp{framebuffer_type} is set to 0 it means indexed color. In this case color_info is defined as following:
The field @samp{framebuffer_addr} contains framebuffer physical address. This field is 64-bit wide but bootloader @dfn{should} set it under 4GiB if possible for compatibility with payloads which aren't aware of PAE or amd64. The field @samp{framebuffer_pitch} contains pitch in bytes. The fields @samp{framebuffer_width}, @samp{framebuffer_height} contain framebuffer dimensions in pixels. The field @samp{framebuffer_bpp} contains number of bits per pixel. If @samp{framebuffer_type} is set to 0 it means indexed color. In this case color_info is defined as follows:
@example
@group
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@end group
@end example
@samp{framebuffer_palette_addr} contains address of array of @samp{framebuffer_palette_num_colors} following structures:
@samp{framebuffer_palette_addr} contains address of palette. Palette is an array of colour descriptors. Each colour descriptor has following structure:
@example
@group
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@end group
@end example
If @samp{framebuffer_type} is set to 1 it direct RGB color. Then color_type is defined as following:
If @samp{framebuffer_type} is set to 1 it means direct RGB color. Then color_type is defined as follows:
@example
@group
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@end group
@end example
If @samp{framebuffer_type} is set to 2 it means EGA text. In this case @samp{framebuffer_width} and @samp{framebuffer_height} are expressed in characters and not in pixels. @samp{framebuffer_bpp} is equal 16 (16 bits per character) and @samp{framebuffer_pitch} is expressed in bytes per text line.
All further values of @samp{framebuffer_type} are reserved for future expansion
@node Examples