linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] firmware: coreboot: Don't register a pdev if screen

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Message-ID: <CAODwPW8nEkc=x+BeSajfMVjXzET_0G3h-xFMnbUaE8Lgi-173Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:04:55 -0700
From: Julius Werner <jwerner@...omium.org>
To: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, chrome-platform@...ts.linux.dev, 
	intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, 
	Hugues Bruant <hugues.bruant@...il.com>, Julius Werner <jwerner@...omium.org>, 
	Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>, 
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Tzung-Bi Shih <tzungbi@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] firmware: coreboot: Don't register a pdev if
 screen_info data is present

> +       /*
> +        * On Coreboot systems, the advertised LB_TAG_FRAMEBUFFER entry
> +        * in the Coreboot table should only be used if the payload did
> +        * not pass a framebuffer information to the Linux kernel.

nit: The official brand spelling is "coreboot", always lowercase (even
at the start of a sentence). Not a big deal though.

Reviewed-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@...omium.org>