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FS#44977 - [linux] efifb as module

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Eric Liu (hnws) - Friday, 15 May 2015, 16:30 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 17 May 2015, 18:16 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Thomas Bächler (brain0)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description: I want to use uvesafb and nvidia driver to have my console size correct.
But currently efifb is compiled into kernel so uvesafb cannot be loaded.


Additional info:
* package version(s) linux-4.0.2
* config and/or log files etc.

[darkwhite@zero ~]$ \dmesg | grep 'efifb\|uvesafb'
[ 0.410210] efifb: probing for efifb
[ 0.410221] efifb: framebuffer at 0xf1000000, mapped to 0xffffc90007600000, using 1876k, total 1875k
[ 0.410222] efifb: mode is 800x600x32, linelength=3200, pages=1
[ 0.410223] efifb: scrolling: redraw
[ 0.410224] efifb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
[ 2.032576] uvesafb: NVIDIA Corporation, GF108 Board - 10760502, Chip Rev , OEM: NVIDIA, VBE v3.0
[ 2.091466] uvesafb: VBIOS/hardware doesn't support DDC transfers
[ 2.091468] uvesafb: no monitor limits have been set, default refresh rate will be used
[ 2.091760] uvesafb: scrolling: redraw
[ 2.091768] uvesafb: cannot reserve video memory at 0xf1000000
[ 2.092686] uvesafb: probe of uvesafb.0 failed with error -5

CONFIG_FB_EFI=y

Steps to reproduce: every time I boot up.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Sunday, 17 May 2015, 18:16 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Sunday, 17 May 2015, 13:58 GMT
video=efifb:off as boot option should solve your issue.
Comment by Eric Liu (hnws) - Sunday, 17 May 2015, 14:23 GMT
Thanks a lot.
It works great now.

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