[PATCH v4 2/3] sysfb: Enable boot time VESA graphic mode selection

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

On 2/25/22 21:51, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> Since switch to simplefb/simpledrm VESA graphic mode selection with vga=
> kernel parameter is no longer available with legacy BIOS.
> 
> The x86 realmode boot code enables the VESA graphic modes when option
> FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT is enabled.
> 
> This option is selected by vesafb but not simplefb/simpledrm.
> 
> To enable use of VESA modes with simplefb in legacy BIOS boot mode drop
> dependency of BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT on FB, also drop the FB_ prefix. Select
> the option from sysfb rather than the drivers that depend on it.
> 
> The BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT is not specific to framebuffer but rather to x86
> platform, move it from fbdev to x86 Kconfig.
> 
> Fixes: e3263ab389a7 ("x86: provide platform-devices for boot-framebuffers")
> Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek at suse.de>
> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp at suse.de>
> ---

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

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat