Daniel Vetter <daniel.vet...@ffwll.ch> writes:
> vga_default_device really is supposed to cover all corners, at least
> for x86. Additionally checking for rom shadowing should be redundant,
> because the bios/fw only does that for the boot vga device.
>
> If this turns out to be wrong, then most likely that's a special case
> which should be added to the vgaarb code, not replicated all over.
>
> Patch motived by changes to the aperture helpers, which also have this
> open code in a bunch of places, and which are all removed in a
> clean-up series. This function here is just for selecting the default
> fbdev device for fbcon, but I figured for consistency it might be good
> to throw this patch in on top.
>
> Note that the shadow rom check predates vgaarb, which was only wired
> up in 88674088d10c ("x86: Use vga_default_device() when determining
> whether an fb is primary"). That patch doesn't explain why we still
> fall back to the shadow rom check.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vet...@intel.com>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vet...@ffwll.ch>
> Cc: Helge Deller <del...@gmx.de>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <dan...@ffwll.ch>
> Cc: Javier Martinez Canillas <javi...@redhat.com>
> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmerm...@suse.de>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mi...@redhat.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <b...@alien8.de>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.han...@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: x...@kernel.org
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <h...@zytor.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/video/fbdev.c | 13 +------------
[...]
> + if (pci_dev == vga_default_device())
> return 1;
> return 0;
or just return pci_dev == vga_default_device() ;
Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javi...@redhat.com>
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Best regards,
Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat
