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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:33:04 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Olivier Certner <olce@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>,  "<dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>" <dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org>,  "<dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org>" <dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: git: 67599eef01f5 - main - sys/x86/NOTES: Add vt_efifb
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On Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 5:19 AM Olivier Certner <olce@freebsd.org> wrote:

> > So, barring objections, I'll put 'vt_efifb' back in amd64/NOTES and
> remove it from i386/MINIMAL.
>
> That felt quite uncontroversial, so I've just gone ahead.  Feel free to
> poke me to amend if you don't agree or there's still something to tweak.
>

Yea. It's perfect. I386 doesn't support it. There is support for booting a
64-bit kernel from 32-bit EFI that might be confusing, but doesn't use
vt_efifb on i386.

Warner

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> Olivier Certner

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<div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 12, 2026, 5:19 AM Olivier Certner &lt;<a href="mailto:olce@freebsd.org">olce@freebsd.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">&gt; So, barring objections, I&#39;ll put &#39;vt_efifb&#39; back in amd64/NOTES and remove it from i386/MINIMAL.<br>
<br>
That felt quite uncontroversial, so I&#39;ve just gone ahead.  Feel free to poke me to amend if you don&#39;t agree or there&#39;s still something to tweak.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Yea. It&#39;s perfect. I386 doesn&#39;t support it. There is support for booting a 64-bit kernel from 32-bit EFI that might be confusing, but doesn&#39;t use vt_efifb on i386.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warner</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Olivier Certner</blockquote></div></div></div>
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