Re: [PATCH v2 9/9] efi: move screen_info into efi init code
Javier Martinez Canillas <[email protected]>
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Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> writes: > From: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> > > After the vga console no longer relies on global screen_info, there are > only two remaining use cases: > > - on the x86 architecture, it is used for multiple boot methods > (bzImage, EFI, Xen, kexec) to commicate the initial VGA or framebuffer communicate > settings to a number of device drivers. > > - on other architectures, it is only used as part of the EFI stub, > and only for the three sysfb framebuffers (simpledrm, simplefb, efifb). > > Remove the duplicate data structure definitions by moving it into the > efi-init.c file that sets it up initially for the EFI case, leaving x86 > as an exception that retains its own definition for non-EFI boots. > > The added #ifdefs here are optional, I added them to further limit the > reach of screen_info to configurations that have at least one of the > users enabled. > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> > --- Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <[email protected]> -- Best regards, Javier Martinez Canillas Core Platforms Red Hat