Re: [PATCH] x86/efi: Fix multiple GOP device support

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Wed Oct 14 2015 - 11:02:37 EST


On Wed, 14 Oct, at 04:51:04PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> Ah, I see, this is a subtle semantic conflict with pending v4.4 EFI changes in
> tip:core/efi, which changed fb_base from u32 to u64:
>
> ae2ee627dc87 ("efifb: Add support for 64-bit frame buffer addresses")

Yeah, that's exactly the issue. I should have given you a heads up
about this but I forgot that there were two patches to this area in
separate branches.

> (Interestingly there was no textual conflict between this patch and that commit.)
>
> So the fix patch is fine as-is for v4.3, but needs a conflict resolution for the
> pending v4.4 commit.
>
> I've applied it that way.

Do you need me to send a patch on top or have you taken care of the
semantic conflict for v4.4? (the change you originally proposed,
s/u32/u64/, looked fine)

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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