On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 07:13:07PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > On 2/23/22 18:12, Michal Suchánek wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 05:54:54PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > > [snip] > > >> > >> 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). > > > > config SYSFB_SIMPLEFB > > bool "Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer" > > depends on SYSFB > > + select BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT if X86 > > > > This to me means that it's simplefb specifically that requires it, not sysfb. > > More precisely SYSFB_SIMPLEFB which is the simplefb implementation on top of > > legacy BIOS. > > > > Ok, I see what you meant. The fact that simplefb is what's named to the part > of the sysfb driver that register the "simple-framebuffer" platform device > and also the name of the fbdev driver that matches the "simple-framebuffer" > is too confusing. > > My point about the subject line remains thought, I would use something like: > > firmware: sysfb: Enable boot time VESA graphic mode selection for simplefb I see where the confusion comes from. The efifb (and probably vesafb) has implicit unstated dependency on sysfb. So the drivers that select BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT should instead depend on SYSFB, and then SYSFB can select BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT, and it will look much saner. Thanks Michal
