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| author | Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com> | 2021-06-25 15:09:46 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> | 2021-07-21 12:04:56 +0200 |
| commit | d391c58271072d0b0fad93c82018d495b2633448 (patch) | |
| tree | 3988519a245873dcc3311434ad89f438a952e26a /drivers/firmware/Kconfig | |
| parent | bf44e8cecc03c9c6197c0b65d54703746a62fb35 (diff) | |
drivers/firmware: move x86 Generic System Framebuffers support
The x86 architecture has generic support to register a system framebuffer
platform device. It either registers a "simple-framebuffer" if the config
option CONFIG_X86_SYSFB is enabled, or a legacy VGA/VBE/EFI FB device.
But the code is generic enough to be reused by other architectures and can
be moved out of the arch/x86 directory.
This will allow to also support the simple{fb,drm} drivers on non-x86 EFI
platforms, such as aarch64 where these drivers are only supported with DT.
Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20210625130947.1803678-2-javierm@redhat.com
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/firmware/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/firmware/Kconfig | 32 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig index db0ea2d2d75a..71f3d97f0c39 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig @@ -251,6 +251,38 @@ config QCOM_SCM_DOWNLOAD_MODE_DEFAULT Say Y here to enable "download mode" by default. +config SYSFB + bool + default y + depends on X86 || COMPILE_TEST + +config X86_SYSFB + bool "Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer" + depends on SYSFB + help + Firmwares often provide initial graphics framebuffers so the BIOS, + bootloader or kernel can show basic video-output during boot for + user-guidance and debugging. Historically, x86 used the VESA BIOS + Extensions and EFI-framebuffers for this, which are mostly limited + to x86. + This option, if enabled, marks VGA/VBE/EFI framebuffers as generic + framebuffers so the new generic system-framebuffer drivers can be + used on x86. If the framebuffer is not compatible with the generic + modes, it is advertised as fallback platform framebuffer so legacy + drivers like efifb, vesafb and uvesafb can pick it up. + If this option is not selected, all system framebuffers are always + marked as fallback platform framebuffers as usual. + + Note: Legacy fbdev drivers, including vesafb, efifb, uvesafb, will + not be able to pick up generic system framebuffers if this option + is selected. You are highly encouraged to enable simplefb as + replacement if you select this option. simplefb can correctly deal + with generic system framebuffers. But you should still keep vesafb + and others enabled as fallback if a system framebuffer is + incompatible with simplefb. + + If unsure, say Y. + config TI_SCI_PROTOCOL tristate "TI System Control Interface (TISCI) Message Protocol" depends on TI_MESSAGE_MANAGER |