Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:21:59 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/efi: Add EFI framebuffer earlyprintk support |
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* Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 07:45:21PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > Also, the main question would be, what is the typical value for > > si->lfb_depth. 32 on almost all EFI systems? All around the map? Depends > > on what graphics state the EFI bootloader passes us? > > Microsoft require that it be 32, so in practice I suspect it'll always > be 32. [...]
Ok, cool - and it's a rare sight: Microsoft standing up against bloat and complexity.
> [...] It's possible that Itanium decides to be different.
That would be a feature!
Thanks,
Ingo
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