Re: [PATCH 1/3 -v4] x86_64 EFI runtime service support: EFI basic runtime service support

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>]

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
>
> > Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > > > Ying claimed that GOP requires EFI runtime services.  Is that not true?
> > > None of the EFI framebuffer patches that I saw used EFI runtime services.
> > Ying, could you please clarify this situation?
> >
> > (Eric: do note that there are two EFI framebuffer standard, UGA and
> > GOP. Apparently UGA is obsolete and we have always been at war with GOP at the
> > moment.)
>
> Peter please look back in your email archives to yesterday and
> see Ying's patch:
>
> [PATCH 1/2 -v2 resend] x86_64 EFI boot support: EFI frame buffer driver
>
> All of the data the GOP needs is acquired through the a query made
> by the bootloader and passed through screen info.

Then I fully agree with your assessment.

	-hpa
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