linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 01/11] drm/amd: Delay removal of the firmware framebuffer

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Date:   Thu, 29 Dec 2022 15:35:12 +0100
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Carlos Soriano Sanchez <csoriano@...hat.com>,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>, christian.koenig@....com,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Alex Deucher <alex.deucher@....com>,
        "Pan, Xinhui" <Xinhui.Pan@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/11] drm/amd: Delay removal of the firmware
 framebuffer

Hello Mario,

On 12/28/22 17:30, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> Removing the firmware framebuffer from the driver means that even
> if the driver doesn't support the IP blocks in a GPU it will no
> longer be functional after the driver fails to initialize.
> 
> This change will ensure that unsupported IP blocks at least cause
> the driver to work with the EFI framebuffer.
>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Alex Deucher <alex.deucher@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@....com>
> ---

As mentioned, I'm not familiar with this driver but the change looks
good to me. Delaying the firmware-provided framebuffer removal is the
correct thing to do IMO.

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
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