[PATCH v2 01/11] drm/amd: Delay removal of the firmware framebuffer

Javier Martinez Canillas javierm at redhat.com
Thu Dec 29 14:35:12 UTC 2022


Hello Mario,

On 12/28/22 17:30, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> Removing the firmware framebuffer from the driver means that even
> if the driver doesn't support the IP blocks in a GPU it will no
> longer be functional after the driver fails to initialize.
> 
> This change will ensure that unsupported IP blocks at least cause
> the driver to work with the EFI framebuffer.
>
> Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
> Suggested-by: Alex Deucher <alex.deucher at amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello at amd.com>
> ---

As mentioned, I'm not familiar with this driver but the change looks
good to me. Delaying the firmware-provided framebuffer removal is the
correct thing to do IMO.

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm at redhat.com>

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat



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