Re: [PATCH 2/2] efi: earlycon: Add support for generic framebuffers and move to fbdev subsystem

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2022-07-28T14:41:29Z

On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 05:28:19PM +0300, Markuss Broks wrote:
> Add early console support for generic linear framebuffer devices.
> This driver supports probing from cmdline early parameters
> or from the device-tree using information in simple-framebuffer node.
> The EFI functionality should be retained in whole.
> The driver was disabled on ARM because of a bug in early_ioremap
> implementation on ARM.
>
> Signed-off-by: Markuss Broks <markuss.broks@gmail.com>
> ---
> .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 12 +-
> MAINTAINERS | 5 +
> drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig | 6 +-
> drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile | 1 -
> drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c | 246 --------------
> drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig | 11 +
> drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/video/fbdev/earlycon.c | 301 ++++++++++++++++++
> 8 files changed, 327 insertions(+), 256 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/earlycon.c

That should be a rename, not a delete/create, right?

thanks,

greg k-h