Feature #476
openAdd option to convert coreboot-inited linear frame buffer to efifb directly
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Description
Currently, the linear frame buffer that coreboot initializes should be handled by Linux kernel with dedicated driver "simplefb", but most installer of GNU/Linux distributions only enables "efifb" support, which causes a GNU/Linux installer kexec-ed from a Linux payload running atop simplefb unable to output graphics.
Currently, Grub payload could turn coreboot-initialized simplefb to efifb, which can be easily examined from the dmesg log of GNU/Linux booted from Grub payload running atop coreboot-inited linear frame buffer (simplefb). Chainloading a Linux payload with a minimal Grub payload only containing module "linux" and "cbfs" could make the Linux payload running atop efifb, of which GNU/Linux installers can make use, but the related code could be ported to coreboot to make things easier.