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From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	javierm@redhat.com, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
	Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>, Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-csky@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] vgacon: rework Kconfig dependencies
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 18:05:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZMk7cMgZXgZVobq2@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230707095415.1449376-1-arnd@kernel.org>

On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 11:52:23AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> 
> The list of dependencies here is phrased as an opt-out, but this is missing
> a lot of architectures that don't actually support VGA consoles, and some
> of the entries are stale:
> 
>  - powerpc used to support VGA consoles in the old arch/ppc codebase, but
>    the merged arch/powerpc never did
> 
>  - arm lists footbridge, integrator and netwinder, but netwinder is actually
>    part of footbridge, and integrator does not appear to have an actual
>    VGA hardware, or list it in its ATAG or DT.

Integrator/AP has PCI, and I have had PCI VGA cards plugged in to that
hardware when I've had it.

Provided any platform sets up PCI in a compatible way, and can run the
VGA's BIOS to initialise the card, then vgacon is supportable.

-- 
RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/
FTTP is here! 80Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!

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From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	javierm@redhat.com, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>,
	Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
	Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>, Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, linux-csky@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] vgacon: rework Kconfig dependencies
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 18:05:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZMk7cMgZXgZVobq2@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230707095415.1449376-1-arnd@kernel.org>

On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 11:52:23AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> 
> The list of dependencies here is phrased as an opt-out, but this is missing
> a lot of architectures that don't actually support VGA consoles, and some
> of the entries are stale:
> 
>  - powerpc used to support VGA consoles in the old arch/ppc codebase, but
>    the merged arch/powerpc never did
> 
>  - arm lists footbridge, integrator and netwinder, but netwinder is actually
>    part of footbridge, and integrator does not appear to have an actual
>    VGA hardware, or list it in its ATAG or DT.

Integrator/AP has PCI, and I have had PCI VGA cards plugged in to that
hardware when I've had it.

Provided any platform sets up PCI in a compatible way, and can run the
VGA's BIOS to initialise the card, then vgacon is supportable.

-- 
RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/
FTTP is here! 80Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!

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From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
	javierm@redhat.com, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
	linux-csky@vger.kernel.org,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>,
	Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] vgacon: rework Kconfig dependencies
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2023 18:05:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZMk7cMgZXgZVobq2@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230707095415.1449376-1-arnd@kernel.org>

On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 11:52:23AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> 
> The list of dependencies here is phrased as an opt-out, but this is missing
> a lot of architectures that don't actually support VGA consoles, and some
> of the entries are stale:
> 
>  - powerpc used to support VGA consoles in the old arch/ppc codebase, but
>    the merged arch/powerpc never did
> 
>  - arm lists footbridge, integrator and netwinder, but netwinder is actually
>    part of footbridge, and integrator does not appear to have an actual
>    VGA hardware, or list it in its ATAG or DT.

Integrator/AP has PCI, and I have had PCI VGA cards plugged in to that
hardware when I've had it.

Provided any platform sets up PCI in a compatible way, and can run the
VGA's BIOS to initialise the card, then vgacon is supportable.

-- 
RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/
FTTP is here! 80Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!

  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-08-01 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 74+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-07  9:52 [PATCH 1/4] vgacon: rework Kconfig dependencies Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07  9:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07  9:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07  9:52 ` [PATCH 2/4] vgacon: rework screen_info #ifdef checks Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07  9:52   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07  9:52   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07  9:52   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07  9:52   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07 13:40   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 13:40     ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 13:40     ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 13:40     ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 13:40     ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 14:32     ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07 14:32       ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07 14:32       ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07 14:32       ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07 14:32       ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07 15:27       ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 15:27         ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 15:27         ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 15:27         ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 15:27         ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-08 14:11   ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2023-07-08 14:11     ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2023-07-08 14:11     ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2023-07-08 14:11     ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2023-07-08 14:11     ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2023-07-27 18:20     ` Algorithmic P-4000i, looking for the board manual cp
2023-07-27 18:20       ` cp
2023-07-07  9:52 ` [PATCH 3/4] dummycon: limit Arm console size hack to footbridge Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07  9:52   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07  9:52   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07 11:33   ` Linus Walleij
2023-07-07 11:33     ` Linus Walleij
2023-07-07 11:33     ` Linus Walleij
2023-07-07 14:27     ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07 14:27       ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07 14:27       ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-16 21:22       ` Linus Walleij
2023-07-16 21:22         ` Linus Walleij
2023-07-16 21:22         ` Linus Walleij
2023-07-07 13:41   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 13:41     ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 13:41     ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07  9:52 ` [PATCH 4/4] vgacon, arch/*: remove unused screen_info definitions Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07  9:52   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-07 13:42   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 13:42     ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-10  3:38   ` Dinh Nguyen
2023-07-10  3:38     ` Dinh Nguyen
2023-07-10  4:08   ` Max Filippov
2023-07-10  4:08     ` Max Filippov
2023-07-10  4:08     ` Max Filippov
2023-07-12 14:46   ` Palmer Dabbelt
2023-07-12 14:46     ` Palmer Dabbelt
2023-07-13  0:33   ` Guo Ren
2023-07-13  0:33     ` Guo Ren
2023-07-13  0:33     ` Guo Ren
2023-07-07 13:17 ` [PATCH 1/4] vgacon: rework Kconfig dependencies Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 13:17   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 13:17   ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-07 15:07 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-07 15:07   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-07-07 15:07   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-08-01 16:55 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-08-01 16:55   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-08-01 16:55   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-08-01 17:05 ` Russell King (Oracle) [this message]
2023-08-01 17:05   ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-08-01 17:05   ` Russell King (Oracle)
2023-08-04 20:55   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-08-04 20:55     ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-08-04 20:55     ` Arnd Bergmann

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