[OE-core] [PATCH 04/10] qemux86: drop resolution setting via uvesafb

Alexander Kanavin alex.kanavin at gmail.com
Sun Feb 16 15:50:08 UTC 2020


I am not sure if this has ever worked, but uvesafb is a really
outdated (VBE from the 1990s), awkward (needs v86d) and limited
(no support for high resolutions) way to do it.

The specific reason 640x480-32 was introduced (ages ago) was
to force 32 bit mode with vmware driver, as 16bit had rendering issues.

The modern, supported option is video=... kernel parameter documented here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_mode_setting#Forcing_modes_and_EDID
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/fb/modedb.rst
which can be passed directly to runqemu and doesn't require special
kernel modules.

Sato under X will continue to use 640x480 as that is hardcoded into
xorg.conf under qemu.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin at gmail.com>
---
 meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc | 3 +--
 meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf          | 4 ----
 meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf             | 4 ----
 meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py   | 4 ----
 4 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
index 049681b27d..5dcc8b6f6b 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/include/qemuboot-x86.inc
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ QB_CPU_KVM_x86-64 = "-cpu core2duo"
 
 QB_AUDIO_DRV = "alsa"
 QB_AUDIO_OPT = "-soundhw ac97,es1370"
-QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "uvesafb.mode_option=${UVESA_MODE} oprofile.timer=1 uvesafb.task_timeout=-1"
+QB_KERNEL_CMDLINE_APPEND = "oprofile.timer=1"
 QB_OPT_APPEND = "-show-cursor -usb -device usb-tablet"
 # Add the 'virtio-rng-pci' device otherwise the guest may run out of entropy
 QB_OPT_APPEND += "-object rng-random,filename=/dev/urandom,id=rng0 -device virtio-rng-pci,rng=rng0"
 
-UVESA_MODE ?= "640x480-32"
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
index 648cf2fe8f..db9004ee32 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86-64.conf
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "v86d"
 
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-module-snd-ens1370 kernel-module-snd-rawmidi"
 
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "uvesafb"
-KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF += "uvesafb"
-module_conf_uvesafb = "options uvesafb mode_option=${UVESA_MODE}"
-
 WKS_FILE ?= "qemux86-directdisk.wks"
 do_image_wic[depends] += "syslinux:do_populate_sysroot syslinux-native:do_populate_sysroot mtools-native:do_populate_sysroot dosfstools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 
diff --git a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
index 8e0da82076..7e6723b880 100644
--- a/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/machine/qemux86.conf
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "v86d"
 
 MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS = "kernel-module-snd-ens1370 kernel-module-snd-rawmidi"
 
-KERNEL_MODULE_AUTOLOAD += "uvesafb"
-KERNEL_MODULE_PROBECONF += "uvesafb"
-module_conf_uvesafb = "options uvesafb mode_option=${UVESA_MODE}"
-
 WKS_FILE ?= "qemux86-directdisk.wks"
 do_image_wic[depends] += "syslinux:do_populate_sysroot syslinux-native:do_populate_sysroot mtools-native:do_populate_sysroot dosfstools-native:do_populate_sysroot"
 
diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
index 9dafb89b03..3cad0709a1 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/runtime/cases/parselogs.py
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ common_errors = [
     ]
 
 video_related = [
-    "uvesafb",
 ]
 
 x86_common = [
@@ -82,11 +81,8 @@ qemux86_common = [
     "fail to add MMCONFIG information, can't access extended PCI configuration space under this bridge.",
     "can't claim BAR ",
     'amd_nb: Cannot enumerate AMD northbridges',
-    'uvesafb: 5000 ms task timeout, infinitely waiting',
     'tsc: HPET/PMTIMER calibration failed',
     "modeset(0): Failed to initialize the DRI2 extension",
-    "uvesafb: cannot reserve video memory at",
-    "uvesafb: probe of uvesafb.0 failed with error",
     "glamor initialization failed",
 ] + common_errors
 
-- 
2.25.0



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