Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Feb 2022 23:10:51 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] sysfb: Enable boot time VESA graphic mode selection | From | Javier Martinez Canillas <> |
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On 2/25/22 21:51, Michal Suchanek wrote: > Since switch to simplefb/simpledrm VESA graphic mode selection with vga= > kernel parameter is no longer available with legacy BIOS. > > The x86 realmode boot code enables the VESA graphic modes when option > FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT is enabled. > > This option is selected by vesafb but not simplefb/simpledrm. > > To enable use of VESA modes with simplefb in legacy BIOS boot mode drop > dependency of BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT on FB, also drop the FB_ prefix. Select > the option from sysfb rather than the drivers that depend on it. > > The BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT is not specific to framebuffer but rather to x86 > platform, move it from fbdev to x86 Kconfig. > > Fixes: e3263ab389a7 ("x86: provide platform-devices for boot-framebuffers") > Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de> > Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> > ---
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
-- Best regards,
Javier Martinez Canillas Linux Engineering Red Hat
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