[PATCH v3] efifb: avoid reconfiguration of BAR that covers the framebuffer

[Sinan Kaya]

On 3/22/2017 3:41 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> As far as I know, kernel honors resource assignments done by the UEFI BIOS if
>> they are correct. Kernel will reassign the resources only if something is wrong.
>>
> No, the kernel always reassigns all BARs on arm64.

I think this is where the problem is.

I'm not seeing this happen on QDF2400 which supports ACPI + UEFI BIOS
combination only. 

I see that kernel honored the resources assigned by UEFI BIOS if I compare
the BAR addresses.

I see reassignment only when something is horribly broken. Then, there would
be a bridge configuration invalid message in the boot log to confirm this.

> 
>> Will this code break other platforms/architectures?
>>
> Which platforms/architectures are you referring to? EFIFB on a PCI
> device is currently broken on arm64. 

In general or on your particular platform?

> On x86, it works, given that BARs
> are usually not reassigned, and so the patch should be a no-op in that
> case (although I'd argue it is still an improvement to check whether
> the device that owns the BAR actually has memory decoding enabled
> before we attach the framebuffer driver to it)
> 

I'm fine as long as it doesn't break anything. That's why, I'm asking.

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Sinan Kaya
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