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From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
To: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-efi <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] efi/gop: Refactoring + mode-setting feature
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 16:02:42 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKv+Gu9i68KKXwE37kwLuHRVLLbVE+YC_JGog6P-ZtCtbYn4fA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200319192855.29876-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu>

On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 15:28, Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> This series is against tip:efi/core.
>
> Patches 1-9 are small cleanups and refactoring of the code in
> libstub/gop.c.
>
> The rest of the patches add the ability to use a command-line option to
> switch the gop's display mode.
>
> The options supported are:
> video=efifb:mode=n
>         Choose a specific mode number
> video=efifb:<xres>x<yres>[-(rgb|bgr|<bpp>)]
>         Specify mode by resolution and optionally color depth
> video=efifb:auto
>         Let the EFI stub choose the highest resolution mode available.
>
> The mode-setting additions increase code size of gop.o by about 3k on
> x86-64 with EFI_MIXED enabled.
>
> Arvind Sankar (14):
>   efi/gop: Remove redundant current_fb_base
>   efi/gop: Move check for framebuffer before con_out
>   efi/gop: Get mode information outside the loop
>   efi/gop: Factor out locating the gop into a function
>   efi/gop: Slightly re-arrange logic of find_gop
>   efi/gop: Move variable declarations into loop block
>   efi/gop: Use helper macros for populating lfb_base
>   efi/gop: Use helper macros for find_bits
>   efi/gop: Remove unreachable code from setup_pixel_info
>   efi/gop: Add prototypes for query_mode and set_mode
>   efi/gop: Allow specifying mode number on command line
>   efi/gop: Allow specifying mode by <xres>x<yres>
>   efi/gop: Allow specifying depth as well as resolution
>   efi/gop: Allow automatically choosing the best mode
>

Thanks for this! I like it a lot.

Adding Hans to cc as he has been working on seamless fb handover.

I will review this somewhere next week.

>  Documentation/fb/efifb.rst                    |  33 +-
>  arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h                    |   4 +
>  .../firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c    |   3 +
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efistub.h        |   8 +-
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/gop.c            | 489 ++++++++++++++----
>  5 files changed, 428 insertions(+), 109 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.24.1
>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-03-19 20:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-03-19 19:28 [PATCH 00/14] efi/gop: Refactoring + mode-setting feature Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 01/14] efi/gop: Remove redundant current_fb_base Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 02/14] efi/gop: Move check for framebuffer before con_out Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 03/14] efi/gop: Get mode information outside the loop Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 04/14] efi/gop: Factor out locating the gop into a function Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 05/14] efi/gop: Slightly re-arrange logic of find_gop Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 06/14] efi/gop: Move variable declarations into loop block Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 07/14] efi/gop: Use helper macros for populating lfb_base Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 08/14] efi/gop: Use helper macros for find_bits Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 09/14] efi/gop: Remove unreachable code from setup_pixel_info Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 10/14] efi/gop: Add prototypes for query_mode and set_mode Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 11/14] efi/gop: Allow specifying mode number on command line Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 22:53   ` kbuild test robot
2020-03-20  1:09   ` kbuild test robot
2020-03-20 14:36   ` Dan Carpenter
2020-03-20 17:51     ` Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 12/14] efi/gop: Allow specifying mode by <xres>x<yres> Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 13/14] efi/gop: Allow specifying depth as well as resolution Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 19:28 ` [PATCH 14/14] efi/gop: Allow automatically choosing the best mode Arvind Sankar
2020-03-19 20:02 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 00/14] efi/gop: Refactoring + mode-setting feature Arvind Sankar
2020-03-25 16:41   ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-25 22:10     ` Arvind Sankar
2020-03-25 23:36       ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-26 10:41         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-28 16:06           ` efi/gop: skip cur_mode in choose_mode_auto Arvind Sankar
2020-03-28 16:06             ` [PATCH v3] efi/gop: Allow automatically choosing the best mode Arvind Sankar
2020-03-29  7:47             ` efi/gop: skip cur_mode in choose_mode_auto Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-26 23:56         ` [PATCH v2 00/14] efi/gop: Refactoring + mode-setting feature Arvind Sankar
2020-03-28 15:43           ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-25 16:50   ` Hans de Goede
2020-03-25 22:13     ` Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 01/14] efi/gop: Remove redundant current_fb_base Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 02/14] efi/gop: Move check for framebuffer before con_out Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 03/14] efi/gop: Get mode information outside the loop Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 04/14] efi/gop: Factor out locating the gop into a function Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 05/14] efi/gop: Slightly re-arrange logic of find_gop Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 06/14] efi/gop: Move variable declarations into loop block Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 07/14] efi/gop: Use helper macros for populating lfb_base Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 08/14] efi/gop: Use helper macros for find_bits Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 09/14] efi/gop: Remove unreachable code from setup_pixel_info Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 10/14] efi/gop: Add prototypes for query_mode and set_mode Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 11/14] efi/gop: Allow specifying mode number on command line Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 12/14] efi/gop: Allow specifying mode by <xres>x<yres> Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 13/14] efi/gop: Allow specifying depth as well as resolution Arvind Sankar
2020-03-20  2:00 ` [PATCH v2 14/14] efi/gop: Allow automatically choosing the best mode Arvind Sankar

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