What are the criteria for contributing to development and testing?

Warren Block wblock at wonkity.com
Wed Feb 17 22:28:43 UTC 2016


On Thu, 18 Feb 2016, Anil Gulati wrote:

> One thing worries me on Skylake is that I read that the Skylake chipset
> "retires VGA support"
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HD_and_Iris_Graphics#Skylake
>
> Does this mean I can't even get console working on Skylake? I'm not sure if
> Linux has support for Skylake yet either? Can I even install FreeBSD if I
> can't see console?

This appears to mean that the chipset does not directly support a VGA 
connector.  An external adapter can be used, and some vendors are adding 
one on their motherboards.

Neither should affect the ability of the system to display a text-mode 
console.  That said, I have not tested them.


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