Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > > The dummycon default console size used to be determined by architecture, > but now this is a Kconfig setting on everything except ARM. Tracing this > back in the historic git trees, this was used to match the size of VGA > console or VGA framebuffer on early machines, but nowadays that code is > no longer used, except probably on the old footbridge/netwinder since > that is the only one that supports vgacon. > > On machines with a framebuffer, booting with DT so far results in always > using the hardcoded 80x30 size in dummycon, while on ATAGS the setting > can come from a bootloader specific override. Both seem to be worse > choices than the Kconfig setting, since the actual text size for fbcon > also depends on the selected font. > > Make this work the same way as everywhere else and use the normal > Kconfig setting, except for the footbridge with vgacon, which keeps > using the traditional code. If vgacon is disabled, footbridge can > also ignore the setting. This means the screen_info only has to be > provided when either vgacon or EFI are enabled now. > > To limit the amount of surprises on Arm, change the Kconfig default > to the previously used 80x30 setting instead of the usual 80x25. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> > --- Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> -- Best regards, Javier Martinez Canillas Core Platforms Red Hat
