From: "Ard Biesheuvel" <ardb@kernel.org>
To: "Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
"Javier Martinez Canillas" <javierm@redhat.com>,
"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>,
"Ilias Apalodimas" <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
"Huacai Chen" <chenhuacai@kernel.org>,
"WANG Xuerui" <kernel@xen0n.name>,
maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com, mripard@kernel.org,
"David Airlie" <airlied@gmail.com>,
"Simona Vetter" <simona@ffwll.ch>,
kys@microsoft.com, haiyangz@microsoft.com,
"Wei Liu" <wei.liu@kernel.org>,
decui@microsoft.com, "Long Li" <longli@microsoft.com>,
"Helge Deller" <deller@gmx.de>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, loongarch@lists.linux.dev,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, "kernel test robot" <lkp@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] firmware: efi: Never declare sysfb_primary_display on x86
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:45:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d0624a61-b96b-4b2f-89c2-029e8671039d@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260402092305.208728-3-tzimmermann@suse.de>
Hi Thomas,
On Thu, 2 Apr 2026, at 11:09, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> The x86 architecture comes with its own instance of the global
> state variable sysfb_primary_display. Never declare it in the EFI
> subsystem. Fix the test for CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> Fixes: e65ca1646311 ("efi: export sysfb_primary_display for EDID")
> Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> Cc: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
> Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
> ---
> drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
Should this be sent out as a fix?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-08 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-02 9:09 [PATCH 0/8] firmware: sysfb: Consolidate config/code wrt. sysfb_primary_screen Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-02 9:09 ` [PATCH 1/8] hv: Select CONFIG_SYSFB only for CONFIG_HYPERV_VMBUS Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-02 10:50 ` Saurabh Singh Sengar
2026-04-02 9:09 ` [PATCH 2/8] firmware: efi: Never declare sysfb_primary_display on x86 Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-08 13:45 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2026-04-08 14:07 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-02 9:09 ` [PATCH 3/8] firmware: sysfb: Make CONFIG_SYSFB a user-selectable option Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-02 13:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-04-02 14:10 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-02 14:59 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-04-02 15:27 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-02 16:47 ` Arnd Bergmann
2026-04-07 7:39 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-02 9:09 ` [PATCH 4/8] firmware: sysfb: Split sysfb.c into sysfb_primary.c and sysfb_pci.c Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-02 9:09 ` [PATCH 5/8] firmware: sysfb: Implement screen_info relocation for primary display Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-02 9:09 ` [PATCH 6/8] firmware: sysfb: Avoid forward-declaring sysfb_parent_dev() Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-02 9:09 ` [PATCH 7/8] firmware: efi: Make CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON depend on CONFIG_SYSFB; clean up Thomas Zimmermann
2026-04-02 9:09 ` [PATCH 8/8] firmware: sysfb: Move CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID to firmware options Thomas Zimmermann
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