From cc79eaf8ee25267e1197e73b15e0c6ebdbcd1bd2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Zimmermann Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:57:04 +0200 Subject: 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 Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260625065724.15794-1-tzimmermann@suse.de --- drivers/gpu/drm/sysfb/Kconfig | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/gpu') 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" -- cgit v1.2.3