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On 12/07/2011 03:36 PM, Darren Hart wrote:
> Documentation/fb/efifb.txt states that "efifb is only for EFI booted
> Intel Macs." I took this to mean that CONFIG_FB_EFI may also only be for
> Intel Macs. Turns out I need CONFIG_FB_EFI for video console output on
> my Atom EFI booted development boards.
> 
> Does this mean efifb.txt needs to be updated, or are the two actually
> referring to different things?

It needs update, I believe.

	-hpa