Re: NetBSD still fails to boot on a MacBook7,1

"Greg A. Woods" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.current,gmane.os.netbsd.ports.x86-64
Organization Planix, Inc.
Message-ID <[email protected]>
At Mon, 15 Dec 2025 21:44:01 +0000 (UTC), RVP <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: Re: NetBSD still fails to boot on a MacBook7,1
>
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2025, RVP wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 6 Apr 2025, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> >
> >>  However the boot code only knows one "video mode" (according to "gop"),
> >>
> >
> > What depth is this GOP mode? 24 bits, 32 bits?

	> gop list
	0: 1280x800 BGRR pitch 1280 bpp 32
	>

The screen's native resolution is 1280x800, but all the specs say is
that it supports "millions of color2", so it could be 24 bpp.

> And, what happens if you set this mode using `gop NNN' at the bootloader
> prompt?

	> gop 0
	>

No change when attempting to boot.

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					Greg A. Woods <[email protected]>

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