Den 04.08.2016 16:36, skrev Daniel Vetter: > On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 04:03:18PM +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote: >> This patchset adds the simpledrm driver by David Herrmann based on a >> patchset[1] from 2014. That patchset also included patches for kicking >> out simpledrm by real drivers. I have stayed away from that since it >> involves another subsystem and I would probably be unable to answer any >> questions about the implementation. > Need David's input on this, but I think the force-removal of simpledrm > when other drivers take over is required. Otherwise hilarity can ensue. > If we leave this out for the inital merge then I think we need a really > big warning in Kconfig that if people aren't careful it could result in a > kaboom.
I understand. I anticipated this, but I was hoping that if I moved this part forward, which I was capable of doing, maybe someone else could do the rest :-) Anyways, if no one chimes in to do this, lets add a warning. > If you can, booting this on a vesa/uefi platform would be interesting too, > just to make sure. I'm a bit limited here I'm afraid. I only have a Raspberry Pi to test with. My other Linux installations are running on a VMware ESXi server. Noralf.
