Monthly Archive for July, 2008

Looking for the EFI UGA spec

Published on July 20, 2008 in Hacks. Closed

Lazyweb-type post ahead :)

I am looking for the UGA (Universal Graphics Adapter) specification. It is part of EFI 1.10, but was developed by Microsoft, so it’s not documented in the Intel spec.

Instead, the Intel spec contains a Microsoft URL where the spec used to be available, but that URL doesn’t exist anymore and I can’t find the spec anywhere.

So, if anybody out there has a copy of that spec, I’d very much like to get it.

I am looking for the UGA IO Protocol spec, which may very well be the key to solving an annoying framebuffer issue I’m working on.

Thanks!

pommed v1.21: composited gpomme

Published on July 14, 2008 in Hacks and pommed. Closed

It’s been on the TODO list for ages now, and Soeren finally tackled it: compositing support for gpomme.

This is the only change in this release. Please report any issue with gpomme and compositing, as this code has only been tested on a limited number of configurations.

For people not running a compositing manager (like myself), don’t worry, gpomme works just as before.

aurel32 now a PhD

Published on July 11, 2008 in Debian. Closed

Aurélien JARNO defended his PhD this morning, and I’m just back from attending his defense.

He did an incredible work designing and implementing a simulator for the MUSE instrument that will equip the VLT in 2012 (“first light”) and is being built now.

People working in the field are very impressed by the work he achieved, and I must add that it’s even more impressive when you know all he did in Debian and various other projects at the same time. Wow.

Congratulations Dr. JARNO!

Looking for a job

Published on July 2, 2008 in Life. Closed

As of 09:53am CEST today, I am officially available for hire starting mid-August, and looking for a job.

I’m going to enjoy some time off in the nice, sunny weather we’ve got here these days and I’ll have some time again to try and add proper support for the Intel Macs to d-i. Not that bad after all.