Re: [PATCH] x86/efi: Add EFI framebuffer earlyprintk support

[Ingo Molnar]

* Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 07:45:21PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > Also, the main question would be, what is the typical value for 
> > si->lfb_depth. 32 on almost all EFI systems? All around the map? Depends 
> > on what graphics state the EFI bootloader passes us?
> 
> Microsoft require that it be 32, so in practice I suspect it'll always 
> be 32. [...]

Ok, cool - and it's a rare sight: Microsoft standing up against bloat and 
complexity.

> [...] It's possible that Itanium decides to be different.

That would be a feature!

Thanks,

	Ingo
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