Re: [PATCH 11/11] video/aperture: Only remove sysfb on the default vga pci device

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

On 1/12/23 08:55, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:

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>> Thanks Daniel and Javier!
>>
>> I wasn't able to reproduce the original problem on my hybrid laptop 
>> since it refuses to boot with the console on an external display, but I 
>> was able to reproduce it by switching the configuration around: booting 
>> with i915.modeset=0 and with an experimental version of nvidia-drm that 
>> registers a framebuffer console. I verified that loading nvidia-drm 
> 
> Thank you for testing.
> 
> One thing I'd like to note is that using DRM's fbdev emulation is the 
> correct way to support a console. Nvidia-drm's current approach of 
> utilizing efifb is fragile and requires workarounds from distributions 
> (at least here at SUSE). Steps towards fbdev emulation are much appreciated.
>
 
I was meaning to mention the same. Fedora also is carrying a workaround just
for the Nvidia proprietary driver since all other drivers provide a emulated
fbdev device.

So getting this finally fixed will be indeed highly appreciated.

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat