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authorThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2026-06-25 08:57:04 +0200
committerThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>2026-06-30 11:10:40 +0200
commitcc79eaf8ee25267e1197e73b15e0c6ebdbcd1bd2 (patch)
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parent827b9aabd3ea3e96d5e48abed9f44dbd1e550d4e (diff)
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firmware: sysfb: Mark CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB as deprecated
Mark CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB as deprecated. Enabling it allows to run simpledrm and simplefb on EFI/VESA framebuffers. Doing this is discouraged in favor of using efidrm and vesadrm. v2: - resolve conflicting help texts (Sashiko) Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260625065724.15794-1-tzimmermann@suse.de
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/gpu')
-rw-r--r--drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/Kconfig7
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/Kconfig
index 2559ead6cf1f..f7e48178885e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/Kconfig
@@ -67,11 +67,8 @@ config DRM_SIMPLEDRM
This driver assumes that the display hardware has been initialized
by the firmware or bootloader before the kernel boots. Scanout
- buffer, size, and display format must be provided via device tree,
- UEFI, VESA, etc.
-
- On x86 BIOS or UEFI systems, you should also select SYSFB_SIMPLEFB
- to use UEFI and VESA framebuffers.
+ buffer, size, and display format must be provided via device tree's
+ simple-framebuffer node.
config DRM_VESADRM
tristate "VESA framebuffer driver"