From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751555Ab1LHUhX (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:37:23 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:37730 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751255Ab1LHUhU (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2011 15:37:20 -0500 Message-ID: <4EE11FEF.2060003@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:37:03 -0500 From: Peter Jones User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111115 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matt Fleming CC: Darren Hart , "lkml," , "H. Peter Anvin" , Edgar Hucek Subject: Re: [PATCH] efifb: Update documentation to include generic EFI 1.1 and UEFI 2.0 platforms References: <4EE112A8.5030006@linux.intel.com> <1323374061.3894.81.camel@mfleming-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <1323374061.3894.81.camel@mfleming-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 12/08/2011 02:54 PM, Matt Fleming wrote: > (Adding Peter Jones, the efifb maintainer) > > On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 11:40 -0800, Darren Hart wrote: >> According to the Kconfig help, efifb supports EFI 1.1 and UEFI 2.0 platforms >> in addition to the Intel based Macs. I have Atom development platforms that >> require CONFIG_FB_EFI for kernel output to the display console. I have left >> the Mac kernel parameters alone as I do not have hardware to test it. >> >> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart >> CC: H. Peter Anvin >> CC: Matt Fleming >> CC: Edgar Hucek >> --- >> Documentation/fb/efifb.txt | 12 ++++++++---- >> 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/fb/efifb.txt b/Documentation/fb/efifb.txt >> index a59916c..7cb9a62 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/fb/efifb.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/fb/efifb.txt >> @@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ >> What is efifb? >> =============== >> >> -This is a generic EFI platform driver for Intel based Apple computers. >> -efifb is only for EFI booted Intel Macs. >> +This is a generic EFI platform driver for Intel based Apple computers and >> +platforms with EFI 1.10 or UEFI 2.0 firmware. Select CONFIG_FB_EFI to add >> +support for using the EFI framebuffer as your console. >> >> Supported Hardware >> ================== >> >> +EFI 1.10 platforms >> +UEFI 2.0 platforms >> iMac 17"/20" >> Macbook >> Macbook Pro 15"/17" >> @@ -16,8 +19,9 @@ MacMini >> How to use it? >> ============== >> >> -efifb does not have any kind of autodetection of your machine. >> -You have to add the following kernel parameters in your elilo.conf: >> +efifb will autodetect the framebuffer on some machines, for others >> +you will have to add the appropriate kernel parameters to your boot >> +loader configuration. For example: >> Macbook : >> video=efifb:macbook >> MacMini : >> -- >> 1.7.6.4 > > Looks good to me, > > Acked-by: Matt Fleming Likewise: Acked-by: Peter Jones -- Peter Space, is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789