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From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Date:   Mon, 16 Mar 2020 09:20:37 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 09/10] arm64: efi: Export screen_info
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On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 4:36 PM Michael Kelley <mikelley@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> The Hyper-V frame buffer driver may be built as a module, and
> it needs access to screen_info. So export screen_info.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@microsoft.com>

Is there any chance of using a more modern KMS based driver for the screen
than the old fbdev subsystem? I had hoped to one day completely remove
support for the old CONFIG_VIDEO_FBDEV and screen_info from modern
architectures.

     Arnd