ACK/Cmnt: [PATCH 0/6] [B/F/I linux-azure][B/azure-4.15][F/azure-5.11][F/azure-5.13] CONFIG_FB_EFI=y

[Tim Gardner]

On 1/28/22 3:48 AM, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 27/01/2022 17:00, Tim Gardner wrote:
>> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1959216
>>
>> SRU Justification
>>
>> [Impact]
>>
>> Secure boot instances of linux-azure require an EFI framebuffer in some cases in order for the VM to boot.
> 
> I wonder why a framebuffer, which in kernel is half-maintained (only odd
> fixes before Helge Deller took maintenance), is needed for booting a
> cloud machine. IOW, why something for a display is needed for booting a
> mostly display-less machine.
> 
> If you have such information, maybe add to bug tracker or to commit?
> 
> Anyway:
> 
> Acked-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com>
> 

Thanks for pointing out the scarcity of information on this issue. I've 
added a more thorough description of the problem to the bug description.

rtg
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Tim Gardner
Canonical, Inc