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Abandoning old patches
by coreboot org Aug. 2, 2023

Aug. 2, 2023

Hello all, In preparation for the upcoming 4.21 release and the planned update from master to main, we are abandoning all patches that haven't been updated in the past year. This list can be seen via a gerrit search: repo:coreboot status:open before:2022-08-07 I've also documents of all the patches that would be abandoned as of today: - https://pads.ccc.de/TL72QP43Pg - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V8X63frTLGN4hvA2maJYp0zmipJqAXVG0nW… To prevent a patch from being abandoned, any change in gerrit will refresh the activity date and remove it from the list. Feel free to go through the list and refresh any patches which are still relevant. After the patches are abandoned, they can still be brought back and the review continued at any time. This is merely cleaning up the list of active patches. The list will be refreshed on Monday, August 7th, and any patches still on the list at that point will be moved to the abandoned state. -- Martin Roth

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[coreboot - Feature #476] (New) Add option to convert coreboot-inited linear frame buffer to efifb directly
by Bill XIE Aug. 2, 2023

Aug. 2, 2023

Issue #476 has been reported by Bill XIE. ---------------------------------------- Feature #476: Add option to convert coreboot-inited linear frame buffer to efifb directly https://ticket.coreboot.org/issues/476 * Author: Bill XIE * Status: New * Priority: Normal * Category: coreboot common code * Target version: none * Start date: 2023-03-30 * Affected OS: GNU/Linux ---------------------------------------- Currently, the linear frame buffer that coreboot initializes should be handled by Linux kernel with dedicated driver "simplefb", but most installer of GNU/Linux distributions only enables "efifb" support, which causes a GNU/Linux installer kexec-ed from a Linux payload running atop simplefb unable to output graphics. Currently, Grub payload could turn coreboot-initialized simplefb to efifb, which can be easily examined from the dmesg log of GNU/Linux booted from Grub payload running atop coreboot-inited linear frame buffer (simplefb). Chainloading a Linux payload with a minimal Grub payload only containing module "linux" and "cbfs" could make the Linux payload running atop efifb, of which GNU/Linux installers can make use, but the related code could be ported to coreboot to make things easier. -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: https://ticket.coreboot.org/my/account

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