From 21518488cf616fbd5420733af21671939efbf48a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 06:37:17 +0100 Subject: Adding upstream version 20140808. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- README | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..19e3dfd --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Binary firmware for ASpeed Technologies graphics chips +====================================================== + +This package contains the binary firmware for ASpeed Technologies graphics chips +supported by the xserver-xorg-video-ast driver. + +When updating the initramfs image on systems with an ASpeed BMC (such as all +IPMI devices on Supermicro mainboards since 2015 to today) the following warning +can be seen: + + W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/ast_dp501_fw.bin for module ast + +The ast_dp501_fw.bin firmware can be created from the hexdump in +src/ast_dp501fw.h of xf86-video-ast with: + + grep ^0x ast_dp501fw.h | sed -e 's|,};$|,|' | xxd -r -p - ast_dp501_fw.bin + +The upstream git repository of xf86-video-ast can be found at: + + https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ast + + -- Daniel Baumann Sat, 13 Mar 2021 06:34:23 +0100 -- cgit v1.2.3