[PATCH 2/2] efi: earlycon: Add support for generic framebuffers and move to fbdev subsystem

[Markuss Broks]

Hi Greg,

On 7/28/22 17:39, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 05:28:19PM +0300, Markuss Broks wrote:
>> Add early console support for generic linear framebuffer devices.
>> This driver supports probing from cmdline early parameters
>> or from the device-tree using information in simple-framebuffer node.
>> The EFI functionality should be retained in whole.
>> The driver was disabled on ARM because of a bug in early_ioremap
>> implementation on ARM.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Markuss Broks <markuss.broks at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  12 +-
>>   MAINTAINERS                                   |   5 +
>>   drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig                  |   6 +-
>>   drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile                 |   1 -
>>   drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c               | 246 --------------
>>   drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig                   |  11 +
>>   drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile                  |   1 +
>>   drivers/video/fbdev/earlycon.c                | 301 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   8 files changed, 327 insertions(+), 256 deletions(-)
>>   delete mode 100644 drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/earlycon.c
> 
> That should be a rename, not a delete/create, right?

Should this change be split into two separate commits,
one for moving the file and the second for making changes?

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

- Markuss