[RFC 2/6] x86: provide platform-devices for boot-framebuffers

2013-07-01 Thread Stephen Warren
On 06/28/2013 04:11 AM, David Herrmann wrote: > Hi > > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Stephen Warren > wrote: >> On 06/24/2013 04:27 PM, David Herrmann wrote: >>> The current situation regarding boot-framebuffers (VGA, VESA/VBE, EFI) on >>> x86 causes troubles when loading multiple fbdev

Re: [RFC 2/6] x86: provide platform-devices for boot-framebuffers

2013-07-01 Thread Stephen Warren
On 06/28/2013 04:11 AM, David Herrmann wrote: Hi On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Stephen Warren swar...@wwwdotorg.org wrote: On 06/24/2013 04:27 PM, David Herrmann wrote: The current situation regarding boot-framebuffers (VGA, VESA/VBE, EFI) on x86 causes troubles when loading multiple

[RFC 2/6] x86: provide platform-devices for boot-framebuffers

2013-06-28 Thread David Herrmann
Hi On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Stephen Warren wrote: > On 06/24/2013 04:27 PM, David Herrmann wrote: >> The current situation regarding boot-framebuffers (VGA, VESA/VBE, EFI) on >> x86 causes troubles when loading multiple fbdev drivers. The global >> "struct screen_info" does not provide

Re: [RFC 2/6] x86: provide platform-devices for boot-framebuffers

2013-06-28 Thread David Herrmann
Hi On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Stephen Warren swar...@wwwdotorg.org wrote: On 06/24/2013 04:27 PM, David Herrmann wrote: The current situation regarding boot-framebuffers (VGA, VESA/VBE, EFI) on x86 causes troubles when loading multiple fbdev drivers. The global struct screen_info does

[RFC 2/6] x86: provide platform-devices for boot-framebuffers

2013-06-26 Thread Stephen Warren
On 06/24/2013 04:27 PM, David Herrmann wrote: > The current situation regarding boot-framebuffers (VGA, VESA/VBE, EFI) on > x86 causes troubles when loading multiple fbdev drivers. The global > "struct screen_info" does not provide any state-tracking about which > drivers use the FBs.

Re: [RFC 2/6] x86: provide platform-devices for boot-framebuffers

2013-06-26 Thread Stephen Warren
On 06/24/2013 04:27 PM, David Herrmann wrote: The current situation regarding boot-framebuffers (VGA, VESA/VBE, EFI) on x86 causes troubles when loading multiple fbdev drivers. The global struct screen_info does not provide any state-tracking about which drivers use the FBs.

[RFC 2/6] x86: provide platform-devices for boot-framebuffers

2013-06-25 Thread David Herrmann
The current situation regarding boot-framebuffers (VGA, VESA/VBE, EFI) on x86 causes troubles when loading multiple fbdev drivers. The global "struct screen_info" does not provide any state-tracking about which drivers use the FBs. request_mem_region() theoretically works, but unfortunately

[RFC 2/6] x86: provide platform-devices for boot-framebuffers

2013-06-24 Thread David Herrmann
The current situation regarding boot-framebuffers (VGA, VESA/VBE, EFI) on x86 causes troubles when loading multiple fbdev drivers. The global struct screen_info does not provide any state-tracking about which drivers use the FBs. request_mem_region() theoretically works, but unfortunately