From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751523Ab1LJTkE (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:40:04 -0500 Received: from mognix.dark-green.com ([88.116.226.179]:59800 "EHLO mognix.dark-green.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750991Ab1LJTkA (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:40:00 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 301 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:40:00 EST Message-ID: <4EE3B5AD.6060505@dark-green.com> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 20:40:29 +0100 From: gimli User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20111108 Thunderbird/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Darren Hart CC: "lkml, " , "H. Peter Anvin" , Matt Fleming Subject: Re: [PATCH] efifb: Update documentation to include generic EFI 1.1 and UEFI 2.0 platforms References: <4EE112A8.5030006@linux.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <4EE112A8.5030006@linux.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2011-12-08 20:40, 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 : Looks ok to me : Acked-by: Edgar Hucek Please forward it to the LKML.