RE: [PATCH v5 2/2] hyperv-fb: kick off efifb early

[Haiyang Zhang]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gerd Hoffmann [mailto:kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 5:51 AM
> To: linux-fbdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; KY Srinivasan;
> Abhishek Gupta (LIS); Haiyang Zhang; jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx;
> tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxx; devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Gerd Hoffmann; Jean-
> Christophe Plagniol-Villard
> Subject: [PATCH v5 2/2] hyperv-fb: kick off efifb early
> 
> Remove firmware framebuffer before initializing hyperv-fb.  Needed
> on gen2 virtual machines.   Letting register_framebuffer handle the
> switchover results in efifb still being active while hyperv graphics
> are initialized, which in turn can make the linux kernel hang.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you!

Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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