Changeset 217e54c9

Timestamp:

06/09/2022 06:40:19 AM (23 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

b266362e

Parents:

8fcb69a

Message:

uefi: use simpledrmfb instead of efifb

efifb driver is considered "legacy" now. Tested this configuration on
my two UEFI systems.

File:

• postlfs/filesystems/uefi-bootloaders/grub-setup.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

postlfs/filesystems/uefi-bootloaders/grub-setup.xml

@@ -125 +125 @@
 Device Drivers --->
   Firmware Drivers --->
+    [*] Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer      [CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB]
     EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) Support --->
       < > EFI Variable Support via sysfs                       [CONFIG_EFI_VARS]
       [*] Export efi runtime maps to sysfs                     [CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_MAP]
   Graphics support --->
+    <*> Direct Rendering Manager                               [CONFIG_DRM]
+    <*> Simple framebuffer driver                              [CONFIG_SIMPLEDRM]
     Frame buffer Devices --->
-      Support for frame buffer devices --->                    [CONFIG_FB]
-        [*] EFI-based Framebuffer support                      [CONFIG_FB_EFI]
+      <*> Support for frame buffer devices --->                [CONFIG_FB]
     Console display driver support --->
       [*] Framebuffer Console support                          [CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE]
@@ -161 +163 @@
 
       <varlistentry>
-        <term><parameter>CONFIG_FB_EFI</parameter> and <parameter>CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE</parameter></term>
+        <term>
+          <parameter>CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB</parameter>,
+          <parameter>CONFIG_DRM</parameter>,
+          <parameter>CONFIG_SIMPLEDRM</parameter>,
+          <parameter>CONFIG_FB</parameter>, and
+          <parameter>CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>The combination of these two options allows the kernel to
+          <para>The combination of these options allows the kernel to
           print debug messages (along with Tux logos) at the early stage of
-          the boot process with UEFI.</para>
+          the boot process with UEFI.  To ensure them functional at the early
+          stage, they shouldn't be built as a kernel module unless an
+          initramfs will be used.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>