[Intel-gfx] [PATCH 04/13] drm: add initial_config function to fb helper

Chris Wilson chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Tue Mar 26 21:52:53 CET 2013


On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 09:34:29PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 01:31:39PM -0800, Jesse Barnes wrote:
> > Rather than building a config which may or may not work, let the driver
> > build an initial fb config.  This allows the driver to use the BIOS boot
> > configuration for example, displaying kernel messages and the initial fb
> > console on the same outputs the BIOS lit up at boot time.  If that
> > fails, the driver can still fall back the same way as the core.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes at virtuousgeek.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Wilson <chris at chris-wilson.co.uk>
> > Cc: dri-devel at lists.freedesktop.org
> Queued for -next with Dave's irc ack, thanks for the patch. Note that
> you've frobbed the authorship stuff a bit, probably through an amend,
> without adding a patch reflog. Tsk ;-)

It's one of Jesse's patches that I substantially altered, the core idea
and implementation is still Jesse's. If I remember the history
correctly, that is.
-Chris

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Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre



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