From: Ethan Zhao Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 14:47:11 +0000 (-0700) Subject: x86/simplefb: simplefb was broken on Oracle and HP system, skip VIDEO_TYPE_EFI X-Git-Tag: v4.1.12-92~326^2~3 X-Git-Url: https://www.infradead.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=095e7fe434a247feba4847dabb54559e040e4e08;p=users%2Fjedix%2Flinux-maple.git x86/simplefb: simplefb was broken on Oracle and HP system, skip VIDEO_TYPE_EFI Orabug: 20961435 As descriped in https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98721 When kernel 4.0.4 was tested on Oracle and HP system with UEFI mode, no output and login on console. Simplefb was broken on these systems when orig_video_isVGA is VIDEO_TYPE_EFI, so skip it. This patch was tested on Oracle Sun server X5-2 series and HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9 with kernel 4.0.4 Signed-off-by: Ethan Zhao Tested-by: Kunlun Lao Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar --- diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sysfb_simplefb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sysfb_simplefb.c index 764a29f84de7..f83350200913 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/sysfb_simplefb.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sysfb_simplefb.c @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ __init bool parse_mode(const struct screen_info *si, unsigned int i; type = si->orig_video_isVGA; - if (type != VIDEO_TYPE_VLFB && type != VIDEO_TYPE_EFI) + if (type != VIDEO_TYPE_VLFB) return false; for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(formats); ++i) {