Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:29:27 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3 -v4] x86_64 EFI runtime service support: EFI basic runtime service support |
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Eric W. Biederman wrote: > "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes: > >> Eric W. Biederman wrote: >>>> Ying claimed that GOP requires EFI runtime services. Is that not true? >>> None of the EFI framebuffer patches that I saw used EFI runtime services. >>> >> Ying, could you please clarify this situation? >> >> (Eric: do note that there are two EFI framebuffer standard, UGA and >> GOP. Apparently UGA is obsolete and we have always been at war with GOP at the >> moment.) > > Peter please look back in your email archives to yesterday and > see Ying's patch: > > [PATCH 1/2 -v2 resend] x86_64 EFI boot support: EFI frame buffer driver > > All of the data the GOP needs is acquired through the a query made > by the bootloader and passed through screen info. >
Then I fully agree with your assessment.
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