diff --git a/site/docs/install/e6400.md b/site/docs/install/e6400.md index 5b9c4f0..3b66973 100644 --- a/site/docs/install/e6400.md +++ b/site/docs/install/e6400.md @@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ variants with Intel graphics. For Intel GPU variants, Libreboot 20230423 and up have full support. Simply flash a release ROM, if you wish. +Intel GPU errata +---------------- + +Systems with a 1440 x 900 display panel instead of the more common 1280 x 800 +panel will have garbled graphics before the OS boots (i.e. in SeaBIOS or GRUB) +in Libreboot 20240504 and earlier. This is fixed in releases after 20240504. + +This was caused by libgfxinit calculating PLL divider values for the pixel clock +assuming a 96 MHz reference frequency, whereas the E6400 uses a 100 MHz +reference frequency. The error is not large enough to affect the lower +resolution panels, but is enough to affect the 1440 x 900 panels which use a +higher pixel clock. + Nvidia GPU: Video BIOS Option ROM required ==========================================