[Arm-dev] Gigabyte MP30-AR0

Mon Feb 29 16:28:30 UTC 2016
Gordan Bobic <gordan at redsleeve.org>

On 2016-02-29 16:02, Jon Masters wrote:
> You'll be able to get a graphical interface on some cards that don't
> require POSTing by the EFI "BIOS". Cards that do require this (eg on
> x86) contain EFI ROM code compiled for x86 that won't be run on ARM
> (this is being fixed). But the Tianocore on that board isn't setup to
> do a graphical console anyway even if that works. So this is why you
> won't get graphics until after boot when the installer starts - if you
> have a card that can self-initialize. That's many modern ones but not
> always "some random play card I had left lying around" that folks
> often use when testing.
> 
> Marcin in the Fedora community has many good points on his blog around
> cards he has tested.

A link to a list of known working cards would be handy.

Gordan