On Mon, 2007-07-30 at 22:34 -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote: > "Huang, Ying" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This patch adds Graphics Output Protocol support to the kernel. > > UEFI2.0 spec deprecates Universal Graphics Adapter (UGA) protocol and > > only Graphics Output Protocol (GOP) is produced. Therefore, the boot > > loader needs to query the UEFI firmware with appropriate Output > > Protocol and pass the video information to the kernel. As a result of > > GOP protocol, an EFI framebuffer driver is needed for displaying > > console messages. The patch adds a EFI framebuffer driver. The EFI > > frame buffer driver in this patch is based on the Intel Mac > > framebuffer driver. > > > > The ELILO bootloader takes care of passing the video information as > > appropriate for EFI firmware. > > Am I correct in understanding that you are not using any of the efi > runtime service infrastructure you have built up in other patches?
Yes. The EFI runtime service is not needed for this patch. Best Regards, Huang Ying - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
