linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] video: A couple of fixes for the vga16fb driver

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Date:   Wed, 12 Jan 2022 08:57:43 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     "Kris Karas (Bug reporting)" <bugs-a21@...nlit-rail.com>
Cc:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@...il.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] video: A couple of fixes for the vga16fb driver

Hi Kris,

On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 3:19 AM Kris Karas (Bug reporting)
<bugs-a21@...nlit-rail.com> wrote:
> Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Make the change only for x86 (Geert Uytterhoeven)
> > - Only check the suppported video mode for x86 (Geert Uytterhoeven).
>
> I just updated Bug 215001 to reflect that I have tested this new, V2
> patch against 4 systems, one more than last time - 2 BIOS/VGAC and 2
> UEFI - and it works perfectly on all four.
>
> Thanks, Javier, for the excellent work!
> I didn't test with non-X86, but the code appears to bypass the patch on
> non-X86, so should work fine for Geert.

Note that I can no longer test the PPC use case, as the hardware
died a long time ago.

> Tested-By: Kris Karas <bugs-a21@...nlit-rail.com>

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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