From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drivers/firmware: move x86 Generic System Framebuffers support
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 15:22:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YLopCCCkrci1IF9v@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210601145912.774054-2-javierm@redhat.com>
On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 04:59:11PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The x86 architecture has generic support to register a system framebuffer
> platform device. It either registers a "simple-framebuffer" if the config
> option CONFIG_X86_SYSFB is enabled, or a legacy VGA/VBE/EFI FB device.
>
> But the code is generic enough to be reused by other architectures and can
> be moved out of the arch/x86 directory.
>
> This will allow to also support the simple{fb,drm} drivers on non-x86 EFI
> platforms, such as aarch64 where these drivers are only supported with DT.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
> ---
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-04 13:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-01 14:59 [PATCH v2 0/2] allow simple{fb,drm} drivers to be used on non-x86 EFI platforms Javier Martinez Canillas
2021-06-01 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] drivers/firmware: move x86 Generic System Framebuffers support Javier Martinez Canillas
2021-06-04 13:22 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2021-06-03 20:27 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] allow simple{fb,drm} drivers to be used on non-x86 EFI platforms Borislav Petkov
2021-06-04 9:41 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
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