linux-kernel - Re: Regression: Screen turns off when booting in EFI mode

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFy9nbc+9VyCg0BA9E85sRwksQXvu6Wqgurf5omv2mPtZw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:20:15 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity@...il.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>,
	Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@...onical.com>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Regression: Screen turns off when booting in EFI mode

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
>
> Because it's the only way to get the PCI ROM in some cases, like on
> pretty much all Apples with Radeons. Only using it if we have no other
> options probably makes sense, though. Something like this (entirely
> untested)?

This looks reasonable. Mantas?

Trusting the firmware-provided image when we can't find the actual HW
image is quite reasonable. It's the "trust firmware unconditionally"
part that gets my goat.

           Linus
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