[PATCH 2/8] firmware: efi: Never declare sysfb_primary_display on x86

Ard Biesheuvel ardb at kernel.org
Wed Apr 8 06:45:49 PDT 2026


Hi Thomas,

On Thu, 2 Apr 2026, at 11:09, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> The x86 architecture comes with its own instance of the global
> state variable sysfb_primary_display. Never declare it in the EFI
> subsystem. Fix the test for CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> Fixes: e65ca1646311 ("efi: export sysfb_primary_display for EDID")
> Cc: kernel test robot <lkp at intel.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb at kernel.org>
> Cc: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>
> Cc: linux-efi at vger.kernel.org
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/efi/efi-init.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

Should this be sent out as a fix?



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