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Libreboot on a ThinkPad T60 with ATI Graphics?

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Libreboot on a ThinkPad T60 with ATI Graphics?

#1 Post by nightninja96 » Thu Aug 08, 2019 8:45 am

Hello, I was wondering if it is possible to libreboot a ThinkPad T60 that has ATI graphics? I have been researching it and people are say both yes and no... Still not sure if it’s possible.
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Re: Libreboot on a ThinkPad T60 with ATI Graphics?

#2 Post by TP-Grrl » Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:18 pm

As far as I know, you can't because video bios on ATI have copyright. So, no "libre" video bios.

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Re: Libreboot on a ThinkPad T60 with ATI Graphics?

#3 Post by TRS-80 » Fri Aug 16, 2019 8:16 pm

It is theoretically possible, however no one has reverse engineered the ATI VGABIOS, whereas they have for the Intel VGABIOS (or it was open to begin with; not sure which).
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Re: Libreboot on a ThinkPad T60 with ATI Graphics?

#4 Post by axur-delmeria » Sat Aug 17, 2019 1:41 am

There is native initialization for Intel graphics (probably based on the chipset documentation provided by Intel), but none for ATI, so you really need the ATI VGA BIOS.
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