From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:22:30 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] video/console: Add dmi quirk table for x86 systems which need fbcon rotation Message-Id: <1946235.rVRVXPVoPu@amdc3058> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org On Sunday, July 30, 2017 07:59:19 AM Hans de Goede wrote: > Some x86 clamshell design devices use portrait tablet screens and a > display engine which cannot rotate in hardware, so we need to rotate > the fbcon to compensate. > > This commit adds a DMI based quirk table which is initially populated with > 4 such devices: The Asus T100HA, GPD Pocket, the GPD win and the I.T.Works > TW891, so that the console comes up in the right orientation on these > devices OOTB. > > Unfortunately these (cheap) devices also typically have quite generic DMI > data, so we match on a combination of DMI data, screen resolution and a > list of known BIOS dates to avoid false positives. > > Suggested-by: Jean Delvare > Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede > Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare Patch queued for 4.14, thanks. Best regards, -- Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Samsung R&D Institute Poland Samsung Electronics