> > 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>
I have tested this on:
Lenovo W530
Dell E5470
Acer Aspire 1410
all work fine with resonable display resolution.
One more comment below...
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 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.
On all my handy laptops, E5470, T400, W530, Acer 1410 edid is present and seen
by the loader.
>
> rgds,
> toomas
--
Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org
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