On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 11:02:53AM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote: > Note that for Fedora 36 we have already dropped efifb and replaced it > with simpledrm: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ReplaceFbdevDrivers > > So this means that in our default configs we no longer have any > fbdev drivers active. > > And simpledrm can also be used with the kernels builtin vesa support > on legacy BIOS systems, so in essence starting with F36 we will always > have a drm/kms node available for the Xorg modesetting to bind to. > > With the above Fedora *36* change in place the fbdev/vesa drivers > will be practically completely unused, so I don't really expect > any problems from this change. > > As for odd hw out there, a lot of work has been the last couple > of years to make sure that we have drm/kms drivers for almost all > hw out there, esp. also focusing on weird server hw VGA cards. > > So most hw will either be new enough to offer an efifb which > simpledrm will turn into a drm/kms /dev/dri/card0 device. Or it > will be old enough that it almost certainly will have > a drm/kms driver. > > And for the really odd duck out a vesa mode can be set on the kernel > cmdline which simpledrm should then pick up: > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/svga.html > https://www.systutorials.com/configuration-of-linux-kernel-video-mode/ > > So I believe that this change is fine.
It'd be great if this text could be incorporated into the Change page. Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
