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From:   "Russell King (Oracle)" <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] vgacon: rework Kconfig dependencies
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On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 11:52:23AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> 
> The list of dependencies here is phrased as an opt-out, but this is missing
> a lot of architectures that don't actually support VGA consoles, and some
> of the entries are stale:
> 
>  - powerpc used to support VGA consoles in the old arch/ppc codebase, but
>    the merged arch/powerpc never did
> 
>  - arm lists footbridge, integrator and netwinder, but netwinder is actually
>    part of footbridge, and integrator does not appear to have an actual
>    VGA hardware, or list it in its ATAG or DT.

Integrator/AP has PCI, and I have had PCI VGA cards plugged in to that
hardware when I've had it.

Provided any platform sets up PCI in a compatible way, and can run the
VGA's BIOS to initialise the card, then vgacon is supportable.

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