Re: [PATCH v6] video/console: Add dmi quirk table for x86 systems which need fbcon rotation

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On Sunday, July 30, 2017 07:59:19 AM Hans de Goede wrote:
> Some x86 clamshell design devices use portrait tablet screens and a
> display engine which cannot rotate in hardware, so we need to rotate
> the fbcon to compensate.
> 
> This commit adds a DMI based quirk table which is initially populated with
> 4 such devices: The Asus T100HA, GPD Pocket, the GPD win and the I.T.Works
> TW891, so that the console comes up in the right orientation on these
> devices OOTB.
> 
> Unfortunately these (cheap) devices also typically have quite generic DMI
> data, so we match on a combination of DMI data, screen resolution and a
> list of known BIOS dates to avoid false positives.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@xxxxxxx>

Patch queued for 4.14, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics

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