Re: [PATCH v3] simplefb: Enable boot time VESA graphic mode selection.

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

On 2/23/22 17:45, Michal Suchánek wrote:

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>>>
>>> To enable use of VESA modes with simplefb in legacy BIOS boot mode drop
>>
>> I think you meant "VESA modes with the sysfb driver" ? or something like
>> that since otherwise it seems that you meant to use it with the simplefb
>> (drivers/video/fbdev/simplefb.c) fbdev driver, which doesn't support the
>> "vga=" param as far as I understand (it just uses whatever was setup).
> 
> And the vga= is whatever was set up by the realmode code. And the config
> option for realmode code to do that is selected by vesafb and not
> simplefb so it does not wotk for simplefb/simpledrm/whatewer when efifib
> is not built into the kernel.
>

Yes, that's what I tried to say. But your commit message says "To enable
use of VESA modes with simplefb in legacy BIOS boot mode" and that isn't
accurate AFAIU (unless you meant sysfb instead).
 Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat