Cohen, Eugene 540f4c0e89 efi/libstub: Skip GOP with PIXEL_BLT_ONLY format
The UEFI Specification permits Graphics Output Protocol (GOP) instances
without direct framebuffer access. This is indicated in the Mode structure
with a PixelFormat enumeration value of PIXEL_BLT_ONLY. Given that the
kernel does not know how to drive a Blt() only framebuffer (which is only
permitted before ExitBootServices() anyway), we should disregard such
framebuffers when looking for a GOP instance that is suitable for use as
the boot console.

So modify the EFI GOP initialization to not use a PIXEL_BLT_ONLY instance,
preventing attempts later in boot to use an invalid screen_info.lfb_base
address.

Signed-off-by: Eugene Cohen <eugene@hp.com>
[ Moved the Blt() only check into the loop and clarified that Blt() only GOPs are unusable by the kernel. ]
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.7+
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: leif.lindholm@linaro.org
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Cc: lorenzo.pieralisi@arm.com
Fixes: 9822504c1f ("efifb: Enable the efi-framebuffer platform driver ...")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170404152744.26687-2-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-04-05 09:20:18 +02:00
2017-02-13 12:24:56 -05:00
2016-05-23 17:04:14 -07:00
2017-04-02 17:23:54 -07:00

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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