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

Andy Shevchenko
2023-06-30T17:44:02Z

On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 08:42:21PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 07:38:01PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> > Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> writes:
> > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:51:02AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:

...

> > >> 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.
>
> So, efifb can't be replaced. Please, fix your cover letter to reduce false
> impression of the scope of usage of the simpledrm.

Or tell how it can be used for earlycon on EFI platforms (if it can be).

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko