Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] vgacon: clean up global screen_info instances
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- To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>, Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] vgacon: clean up global screen_info instances
- From: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 16:17:07 +0200
- Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, Brian Cain <bcain@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>, Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx>, Deepak Rawat <drawat.floss@xxxxxxxxx>, Dexuan Cui <decui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@xxxxxxxxxx>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Guo Ren <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx>, Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Khalid Aziz <khalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>, Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx>, Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>, Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, WANG Xuerui <kernel@xxxxxxxxxx>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx>, Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-csky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-hexagon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, loongarch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-hyperv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> To prepare for completely separating the VGA console screen_info from
> the one used in EFI/sysfb, rename the vgacon instances and make them
> local as much as possible.
>
> ia64 and arm both have confurations with vgacon and efi, but the contents
is this a typo for configurations ?
> never overlaps because ia64 has no EFI framebuffer, and arm only has
> vga console on legacy platforms without EFI. Renaming these is required
> before the EFI screen_info can be moved into drivers/firmware.
>
> The ia64 vga console is actually registered in two places from
> setup_arch(), but one of them is wrong, so drop the one in pcdp.c and
> the fix the one in setup.c to use the correct conditional.
>
s/the fix the/fix the
> x86 has to keep them together, as the boot protocol is used to switch
> between VGA text console and framebuffer through the screen_info data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
Patch looks good to me, but I'm not that familiar with some of the arches
to give a proper reviewed-by.
Acked-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
--
Best regards,
Javier Martinez Canillas
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