The Intel Embedded Video BIOS incorporates many of the features and capabilities of the Intel® Embedded Media and Graphics Driver. The 1.18 version of the VBIOS includes support for the following chipsets:
• Intel® System Controller Hub US15W/US15WP/WPT chipset
Enabling the SMSW instructions used when Intel® EMGD VBIOS sets up its caching functions increases the boot speed during POST and system boot. Linux* distributions fall back to text mode as a side effect of the Linux Virtual X86 Engine, which does not work well with SMSW. Caching is vital for the Intel® EMGD VBIOS and it uses SMSW by design. Changes to the Intel® Embedded Media and Graphics Driver VBIOS cannot happen without affecting its performance.
The new Video BIOS can be built on a host Microsoft Windows* system and moved to the target system. The host system must have a 32-bit Microsoft Windows operating system installed with the capability to execute DOS commands from a command line window.
The target system must contain one of the following Intel chipsets:
• Intel® System Controller Hub US15W/US15WP/WPT chipset
The target system must contain a minimum of 64 MB of RAM.
See also these VBIOS configuration topics:
• Configuring and Building the VBIOS with CED
• VBIOS, Driver Compatibility, and Data Dependencies
• Supported VGA Display Modes for the Intel® EMGD Video BIOS
• Supported VESA Display Modes for the Intel® EMGD Video BIOS