linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Make efifb check that the base address is plausible on pci systems.

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Message-ID: <4C8E3853.70702@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 2010 10:42:27 -0400
From:	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Make efifb check that the base address is plausible
 on pci systems.

On 09/10/2010 08:14 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu,  9 Sep 2010 15:16:48 -0400
> Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com> wrote:
> 
>> Some Apple machines have identical DMI data but different memory
>> configurations for the video. Given that, check that the address in our
>> table is actually within the range of a PCI BAR on a VGA deivce in the
>> machine.
>>
>> This also fixes up the return value from set_system(), which has
>> always been wrong, but never resulted in bad behavior since there's only
>> ever been one matching entry in the dmi table.
>>
>> This also adds me as the efifb maintainer, since I've effectively been
>> acting as such for quite some time.
> 
> And what is the impact (and importance) of this patch?  Make some
> people's Mac displays work, I'd be guessing?
> 

That's correct.

-- 
        Peter

Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off.
		-- Pratchett

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