Re: [PATCH 0/2] Allow disabling all native fbdev drivers and only keeping DRM emulation

Javier Martinez Canillas
2023-06-30T17:39:07Z

Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> writes:

Hello Andy,

> On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:51:02AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> This patch series splits the fbdev core support in two different Kconfig
>> symbols: FB and FB_CORE. The motivation for this is to allow CONFIG_FB to
>> be disabled, while still having the the core fbdev support needed for the
>> CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION to be enabled. The motivation is automatically
>> disabling all fbdev drivers instead of having to be disabled individually.
>>
>> The reason for doing this is that now with simpledrm, there's no need for
>> the legacy fbdev (e.g: efifb or vesafb) drivers anymore and many distros
>
> How does simpledrm works with earlycon=efi?
>

simpledrm isn't for earlycon. For that you use a different driver (i.e:
drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c). I'm just talking about fbdev drivers
here that could be replaced by simpledrm.

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat