On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 08:42:21PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 07:38:01PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > > Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:51:02AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: ... > > >> 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. > > So, efifb can't be replaced. Please, fix your cover letter to reduce false > impression of the scope of usage of the simpledrm. Or tell how it can be used for earlycon on EFI platforms (if it can be). -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
