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remove confusing section 

just remove it entirely. rather than keep adding to it.

the issues are being looked into. the default mainboard
configuration works perfectly.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe <info@minifree.org>
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@ -110,36 +110,6 @@ This platform uses an Intel Flash Descriptor, and defines an Intel GbE NVM
region. As such, release/build ROMs will contain the same MAC address. To region. As such, release/build ROMs will contain the same MAC address. To
change the MAC address, please read [nvmutil documentation](../install/nvmutil.md). change the MAC address, please read [nvmutil documentation](../install/nvmutil.md).
WARNING about CPU/GPU compatibility
-------------------------------
**NOTE: Graphics cards did not work when last tested; the rendering and output
is still handled by the intel graphics. Until this changes, you can only use
the onboard Intel graphics reliably, on these boards.** - however, if you then
set a mode in xrandr, with a monitor plugged into the graphics card, you can
get a framebuffer off it and use that. Useful if you want to run more monitors.
However, it is recommended for now that you stick to Intel graphics only.
If you want to use onboard graphics, you must have a CPU that has a GPU built
into it. You can find a list here:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_(microarchitecture)> (**must be LGA 1150 socket**)
Because of this, Libreboot currently only provides ROM images where SeaBIOS
is the first payload, and SeaBIOS is relied upon the execute the VGA ROM that's
stored on the graphics card. However, coreboot's libgfxinit is also enabled,
so onboard graphics *should* work if you don't have a graphics card installed.
Coreboot has libre initialisation code for Intel graphics, but libre
initialisation code is not available for most graphics cards. This machine can
take any graphics card that fits in the PCI-E slot.
GRUB *also* works, from SeaBIOS when the machine is booted in text mode. Both
coreboot GRUB, and BIOS GRUB provided by your (Linux) distro. It's done this
way (SeaBIOS first) because Libreboot's configuration does not tell *coreboot*
to execute VGA Option ROMs, and it's important that we try to prevent bricks
whenever possible.
Flash a ROM image (software) Flash a ROM image (software)
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