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I am reticent to argue with someone of your reputation, but AFAIK UEFI can initialize a basic framebuffer (and write to it) in a standardized manner without nee

I am reticent to argue with someone of your reputation, but AFAIK UEFI can initialize a basic framebuffer (and write to it) in a standardized manner without needing any ROM on the card. https://wiki.osdev.org/GOP https://wiki.osdev.org/GOP

mjg59 1y ago
The GOP driver is provided by the card, and then exposes a standardised interface to the firmware.