# Re: \[PATCH\] efifb: Add support for 64-bit frame buffer addresses

- From: Peter Jones \<pjones@redhat.com\>
- Date: 2015-08-31 15:23:37 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2015/08/4567048
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-efi/2015/08/4566083/t.md

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On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 01:12:19PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> From: Matt Fleming <redacted>
> 
> The EFI Graphics Output Protocol uses 64-bit frame buffer addresses
> but these get truncated to 32-bit by the EFI boot stub when storing
> the address in the 'lfb_base' field of 'struct screen_info'.
> 
> Add a 'ext_lfb_base' field for the upper 32-bits of the frame buffer
> address and set VIDEO_TYPE_CAPABILITY_64BIT_BASE when the field is
> useable.
> 
> It turns out that the reason no one has required this support so far
> is that there's actually code in tianocore to "downgrade" PCI
> resources that have option ROMs and 64-bit BARS from 64-bit to 32-bit
> to cope with legacy option ROMs that can't handle 64-bit addresses.
> The upshot is that basically all GOP devices in the wild use a 32-bit
> frame buffer address.
> 
> Still, it is possible to build firmware that uses a full 64-bit GOP
> frame buffer address. Chad did, which led to him reporting this issue.
> 
> Add support in anticipation of GOP devices using 64-bit addresses more
> widely, and so that efifb works out of the box when that happens.
> 
> Reported-by: Chad Page <redacted>
> Cc: Pete Hawkins <redacted>
> Cc: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>
> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <redacted>

Looks good to me.

Acked-by: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com>

-- 
        Peter
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