Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Hello Andy, > On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:51:02AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: >> This patch series splits the fbdev core support in two different Kconfig >> symbols: FB and FB_CORE. The motivation for this is to allow CONFIG_FB to >> be disabled, while still having the the core fbdev support needed for the >> CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION to be enabled. The motivation is automatically >> disabling all fbdev drivers instead of having to be disabled individually. >> >> The reason for doing this is that now with simpledrm, there's no need for >> the legacy fbdev (e.g: efifb or vesafb) drivers anymore and many distros > > How does simpledrm works with earlycon=efi? > simpledrm isn't for earlycon. For that you use a different driver (i.e: drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c). I'm just talking about fbdev drivers here that could be replaced by simpledrm. -- Best regards, Javier Martinez Canillas Core Platforms Red Hat
