linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drivers/firmware: move x86 Generic System Framebuffers support

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Date:   Fri, 4 Jun 2021 15:22:16 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@...il.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
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        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
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        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] drivers/firmware: move x86 Generic System
 Framebuffers support

On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 04:59:11PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> The x86 architecture has generic support to register a system framebuffer
> platform device. It either registers a "simple-framebuffer" if the config
> option CONFIG_X86_SYSFB is enabled, or a legacy VGA/VBE/EFI FB device.
> 
> But the code is generic enough to be reused by other architectures and can
> be moved out of the arch/x86 directory.
> 
> This will allow to also support the simple{fb,drm} drivers on non-x86 EFI
> platforms, such as aarch64 where these drivers are only supported with DT.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>