From: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>,
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] efi: move screen_info into efi init code
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 16:35:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874jm0hsuh.fsf@minerva.mail-host-address-is-not-set> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230719123944.3438363-10-arnd@kernel.org>
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> writes:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> After the vga console no longer relies on global screen_info, there are
> only two remaining use cases:
>
> - on the x86 architecture, it is used for multiple boot methods
> (bzImage, EFI, Xen, kexec) to commicate the initial VGA or framebuffer
communicate
> settings to a number of device drivers.
>
> - on other architectures, it is only used as part of the EFI stub,
> and only for the three sysfb framebuffers (simpledrm, simplefb, efifb).
>
> Remove the duplicate data structure definitions by moving it into the
> efi-init.c file that sets it up initially for the EFI case, leaving x86
> as an exception that retains its own definition for non-EFI boots.
>
> The added #ifdefs here are optional, I added them to further limit the
> reach of screen_info to configurations that have at least one of the
> users enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
--
Best regards,
Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-07-19 14:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-07-19 12:39 [PATCH v2 0/9] video: screen_info cleanups Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-19 12:39 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] vgacon: rework Kconfig dependencies Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-20 18:48 ` Khalid Aziz
2023-07-21 4:59 ` Michael Ellerman
2023-07-21 8:26 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-24 12:07 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2023-07-19 12:39 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] vgacon: rework screen_info #ifdef checks Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-20 18:49 ` Khalid Aziz
2023-07-19 12:39 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] dummycon: limit Arm console size hack to footbridge Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-19 12:39 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] vgacon, arch/*: remove unused screen_info definitions Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-19 13:34 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2023-07-19 12:39 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] vgacon: remove screen_info dependency Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-19 13:49 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-19 13:49 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé
2023-07-19 14:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-20 18:51 ` Khalid Aziz
2023-07-19 12:39 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] vgacon: clean up global screen_info instances Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-19 14:17 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-20 18:53 ` Khalid Aziz
2023-07-19 12:39 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] vga16fb: drop powerpc support Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-19 14:23 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-19 12:39 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] hyperv: avoid dependency on screen_info Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-19 14:25 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-07-19 12:39 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] efi: move screen_info into efi init code Arnd Bergmann
2023-07-19 13:19 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2023-07-19 14:35 ` Javier Martinez Canillas [this message]
2023-07-19 14:57 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] video: screen_info cleanups Helge Deller
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