[RFC patch v2] x86: Improve boot_vga/vga_default_device() for EFI

David Herrmann dh.herrmann at gmail.com
Wed Dec 18 07:43:59 PST 2013


Hi

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 4:38 PM, David Herrmann <dh.herrmann at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Bruno Prémont
> <bonbons at linux-vserver.org> wrote:
>> With commit b4aa0163056b6c70029b6e8619ce07c274351f42 Matthew Garret
>> introduced a efifb vga_default_device() so that EFI systems that do not
>> load shadow VBIOS or setup VGA get proper value for boot_vga PCI sysfs
>> attribute on the corresponding PCI device.
>>
>> Xorg is refusing to detect devices when boot_vga=0 which is the case
>> on some EFI system (e.g. MacBookAir2,1). Xorg detects the GPU and finds
>> the dri device but then bails out with "no devices detected".
>>
>> With introduction of sysfb/simplefb/simpledrm efifb is getting obsolete
>> while having native drivers for the GPU also makes selecting sysfb/efifb
>> optional.
>>
>> Remove the efifb implementation of vga_default_device() and initialize
>> vgaarb's vga_default_device() with the PCI GPU that matches boot
>> screen_info in x86's pci_fixup_video().
>>
>> Notes:
>> - Other architectures with PCI GPU might need a similar fixup.
>> - If CONFIG_VGA_ARB is unset vga_default_device() is only available
>>   as a stub that returns NULL, making this adjustment insufficient.
>>   Unsetting CONFIG_VGA_ARB requires CONFIG_EXPERT=y though.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bruno Prémont <bonbons at linux-vserver.org>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/vga.h |  6 ------
>>  arch/x86/pci/fixup.c       | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>>  drivers/video/efifb.c      | 38 --------------------------------------
>>  3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vga.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vga.h
>> index 44282fb..c4b9dc2 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vga.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vga.h
>> @@ -17,10 +17,4 @@
>>  #define vga_readb(x) (*(x))
>>  #define vga_writeb(x, y) (*(y) = (x))
>>
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_FB_EFI
>> -#define __ARCH_HAS_VGA_DEFAULT_DEVICE
>> -extern struct pci_dev *vga_default_device(void);
>> -extern void vga_set_default_device(struct pci_dev *pdev);
>> -#endif
>> -
>>  #endif /* _ASM_X86_VGA_H */
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c b/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
>> index f5809fa..440343e 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/pci/fixup.c
>> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/dmi.h>
>>  #include <linux/pci.h>
>>  #include <linux/init.h>
>> +#include <linux/screen_info.h>
>>  #include <linux/vgaarb.h>
>>  #include <asm/pci_x86.h>
>>
>> @@ -323,6 +324,26 @@ static void pci_fixup_video(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>>         struct pci_bus *bus;
>>         u16 config;
>>
>> +       if (!vga_default_device()) {
>> +               resource_size_t start, end;
>> +               int i;
>> +
>> +               for (i=0; i < DEVICE_COUNT_RESOURCE; i++) {
>> +                       if (!(pci_resource_flags(pdev, i) & IORESOURCE_MEM))
>> +                               continue;
>> +
>> +                       start = pci_resource_start(pdev, i);
>> +                       end  = pci_resource_end(pdev, i);
>> +
>> +                       if (!start || !end)
>> +                               continue;
>> +
>> +                       if (screen_info.lfb_base >= start &&
>> +                               (screen_info.lfb_base + screen_info.lfb_size) < end)
>
> pci_resource_end() returns the address of the end, not the length, so
> we have a double off-by-one error here, don't we?
> Shouldn't this be:
>                                (screen_info.lfb_base +
> screen_info.lfb_size) <= end + 1)
>
> Oh, and lfb_size is in multiples of 0xffff, so it actually needs to be:
>                                (screen_info.lfb_base +
> ((u64)screen_info.lfb_size << 16)) <= end + 1)

Oh, just remembered that this is only done for VESA, not EFI.
Awesome.. so the "<< 16" shift is not needed.

David

> I know, it's copy/paste, but we could still fix it here.
>
>> +                               vga_set_default_device(pdev);
>> +               }
>> +       }
>> +
>>         /* Is VGA routed to us? */
>>         bus = pdev->bus;
>>         while (bus) {
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/efifb.c b/drivers/video/efifb.c
>> index 7f9ff75..fb3fb50 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/efifb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/video/efifb.c
>> @@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
>>
>>  static bool request_mem_succeeded = false;
>>
>> -static struct pci_dev *default_vga;
>> -
>>  static struct fb_var_screeninfo efifb_defined = {
>>         .activate               = FB_ACTIVATE_NOW,
>>         .height                 = -1,
>> @@ -85,18 +83,6 @@ static struct fb_ops efifb_ops = {
>>         .fb_imageblit   = cfb_imageblit,
>>  };
>>
>> -struct pci_dev *vga_default_device(void)
>> -{
>> -       return default_vga;
>> -}
>> -
>> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vga_default_device);
>> -
>> -void vga_set_default_device(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>> -{
>> -       default_vga = pdev;
>> -}
>> -
>>  static int efifb_setup(char *options)
>>  {
>>         char *this_opt;
>> @@ -127,30 +113,6 @@ static int efifb_setup(char *options)
>>                 }
>>         }
>
> I wonder whether we should move the efifb_setup() argument parsing to
> x86/kernel/sysfb.c now. Because currently we break simplefb-conversion
> and the vga_boot flag if we keep it here.
>
> Otherwise, the patch looks good to me.
> Thanks
> David
>
>>
>> -       for_each_pci_dev(dev) {
>> -               int i;
>> -
>> -               if ((dev->class >> 8) != PCI_CLASS_DISPLAY_VGA)
>> -                       continue;
>> -
>> -               for (i=0; i < DEVICE_COUNT_RESOURCE; i++) {
>> -                       resource_size_t start, end;
>> -
>> -                       if (!(pci_resource_flags(dev, i) & IORESOURCE_MEM))
>> -                               continue;
>> -
>> -                       start = pci_resource_start(dev, i);
>> -                       end  = pci_resource_end(dev, i);
>> -
>> -                       if (!start || !end)
>> -                               continue;
>> -
>> -                       if (screen_info.lfb_base >= start &&
>> -                           (screen_info.lfb_base + screen_info.lfb_size) < end)
>> -                               default_vga = dev;
>> -               }
>> -       }
>> -
>>         return 0;
>>  }
>>


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