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

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On 30 March 2017 at 11:05, Lorenzo Pieralisi <lorenzo.pieralisi at arm.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 09:46:39AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> > I'm asking why we don't fix the actual problem in PCIe ARM64 adaptation instead
>> > of working around it by quirks.
>> >
>> > I don't see any reason why ACPI ARM64 should carry the burden of legacy systems.
>> >
>> > Legacy only applies to DT based systems.
>> >
>>
>> I fully agree with this point: ACPI implies firmware, and so we should
>> be able to rely on firmware to have initialized the PCIe subsystem by
>> the time the kernel gets to access it.
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/3/3/458
>

I don't think the fact that at least one system existed over a year
ago whose UEFI assigned resources incorrectly should prevent us from
being normative in this case.