Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Date | Thu, 28 Jul 2022 16:48:35 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] efi: earlycon: Add support for generic framebuffers and move to fbdev subsystem |
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On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 4:28 PM Markuss Broks <markuss.broks@gmail.com> wrote: > > Add early console support for generic linear framebuffer devices. > This driver supports probing from cmdline early parameters > or from the device-tree using information in simple-framebuffer node. > The EFI functionality should be retained in whole. > The driver was disabled on ARM because of a bug in early_ioremap > implementation on ARM. > > Signed-off-by: Markuss Broks <markuss.broks@gmail.com> > --- > .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 +- > MAINTAINERS | 5 + > drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 6 +- > drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile | 1 - > drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c | 246 -------------- > drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig | 11 + > drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/video/fbdev/earlycon.c | 301 ++++++++++++++++++
It looks like this is not actually related to fbdev, and since drivers are moving from fbdev/simplefb towards drm/simpledrm, maybe it would be better to put this into either drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/ or possibly drivers/video/console to let this be used without enabling fbdev?
Arnd
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