[PATCH v4 0/5] simplefb: add clock handling code

On Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 10:28:48AM -0500, jonsmirl at gmail.com wrote:

Simplefb is also being developed as a way of protecting the BIOS setup
of the framebuffer past the boot process and out into use as a normal
user space console.  I in no way support this use. We have experienced
decades of problems on the x86 with VGA and BIOSes that I do not wish
to repeat in the ARM world.

Oh wow.

Luc Verhaegen, aka, the guy who made BIOS-free display drivers possible.