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-rw-r--r--drivers/video/fbdev/vesafb.c2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/screen_info.h10
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/vesafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/vesafb.c
index 8ab64ae4cad3..5a161750a3ae 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/vesafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/vesafb.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static int vesafb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
if (si->orig_video_isVGA != VIDEO_TYPE_VLFB)
return -ENODEV;
- vga_compat = (si->capabilities & 2) ? 0 : 1;
+ vga_compat = !__screen_info_vbe_mode_nonvga(si);
vesafb_fix.smem_start = si->lfb_base;
vesafb_defined.bits_per_pixel = si->lfb_depth;
if (15 == vesafb_defined.bits_per_pixel)
diff --git a/include/linux/screen_info.h b/include/linux/screen_info.h
index 75303c126285..6a4a3cec4638 100644
--- a/include/linux/screen_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/screen_info.h
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ static inline u64 __screen_info_lfb_size(const struct screen_info *si, unsigned
return lfb_size;
}
+static inline bool __screen_info_vbe_mode_nonvga(const struct screen_info *si)
+{
+ /*
+ * VESA modes typically run on VGA hardware. Set bit 5 signals that this
+ * is not the case. Drivers can then not make use of VGA resources. See
+ * Sec 4.4 of the VBE 2.0 spec.
+ */
+ return si->vesa_attributes & BIT(5);
+}
+
static inline unsigned int __screen_info_video_type(unsigned int type)
{
switch (type) {