From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751481Ab1LKJY3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:24:29 -0500 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]:55867 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751088Ab1LKJY0 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Dec 2011 04:24:26 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.71,315,1320652800"; d="scan'208";a="84464478" Message-ID: <4EE476D9.2040701@linux.intel.com> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:24:41 -0800 From: Darren Hart User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110927 Thunderbird/7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gimli 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> <4EE3B5AD.6060505@dark-green.com> In-Reply-To: <4EE3B5AD.6060505@dark-green.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 12/10/2011 11:40 AM, gimli wrote: > 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. Sorry, what do you mean? The original did go to lkml, as did all replies, including yours... -- Darren Hart Intel Open Source Technology Center Yocto Project - Linux Kernel