Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] efi: move screen_info into efi init code

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Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> After the vga console no longer relies on global screen_info, there are
> only two remaining use cases:
>
>  - on the x86 architecture, it is used for multiple boot methods
>    (bzImage, EFI, Xen, kexec) to commicate the initial VGA or framebuffer

communicate

>    settings to a number of device drivers.
>
>  - on other architectures, it is only used as part of the EFI stub,
>    and only for the three sysfb framebuffers (simpledrm, simplefb, efifb).
>
> Remove the duplicate data structure definitions by moving it into the
> efi-init.c file that sets it up initially for the EFI case, leaving x86
> as an exception that retains its own definition for non-EFI boots.
>
> The added #ifdefs here are optional, I added them to further limit the
> reach of screen_info to configurations that have at least one of the
> users enabled.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat




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