linux-kernel - Re: [coreboot] [PATCH] x86: add coreboot framebuffer support

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Date:	Tue, 09 Sep 2014 08:15:46 +0200
From:	Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko 
	<phcoder@...il.com>, ron minnich <rminnich@...il.com>,
	coreboot <coreboot@...eboot.org>,
	"maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE..." <x86@...nel.org>,
	lkml - Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [coreboot] [PATCH] x86: add coreboot framebuffer support

  Hi,

> > Yes, efifb has the same semantics. We just need some ID with clear 
> > documentation saying sth like "implies framebuffer without
> > anything else" so that noone will get an idea to plug e.g. vga
> > hooks into it.
> > 
> 
> Want to make a patch?

Attached.  Can someone test with the patched coreboot trampoline please?

cheers,
  Gerd


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