On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 04:03:18PM +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
This patchset adds the simpledrm driver by David Herrmann based on aNeed David's input on this, but I think the force-removal of simpledrm
patchset[1] from 2014. That patchset also included patches for kicking
out simpledrm by real drivers. I have stayed away from that since it
involves another subsystem and I would probably be unable to answer any
questions about the implementation.
when other drivers take over is required. Otherwise hilarity can ensue.
If we leave this out for the inital merge then I think we need a really
big warning in Kconfig that if people aren't careful it could result in a
kaboom.
If you can, booting this on a vesa/uefi platform would be interesting too,
just to make sure.