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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:20:15 -0700
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Subject: Re: Regression: Screen turns off when booting in EFI mode
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
>
> Because it's the only way to get the PCI ROM in some cases, like on
> pretty much all Apples with Radeons. Only using it if we have no other
> options probably makes sense, though. Something like this (entirely
> untested)?

This looks reasonable. Mantas?

Trusting the firmware-provided image when we can't find the actual HW
image is quite reasonable. It's the "trust firmware unconditionally"
part that gets my goat.

           Linus
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