linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] efi/libstub: x86: Store EDID in boot

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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 11:57:13 +0200
From: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>, ardb@...nel.org, jonathan@...ek.ca
Cc: linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] efi/libstub: x86: Store EDID in boot_params

Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de> writes:

> Retrieve the GOP device's EDID information in the kernel's boot
> parameters. Makes the data avaialble to kernel graphics code and
> drives, such as efidrm.
>
> With efidrm, the EDID is now also available to user-space compositors
> via standard DRM interfaces.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
> ---

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

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
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