[PATCH] arch: x86: efi_defconfig: remove framebuffer console to fix duplicate screen.

[PATCH] arch: x86: efi_defconfig: remove framebuffer console to fix duplicate screen.

[chalianis1]

From: Chali Anis <chalianis1@gmail.com>

remove the framebuffer console and let develpers select it when needed, this
fixes the problem that consist of having the screen splited to top and bottom
displaying the output twice, and considerably speedup the efi payload on x86.

Fixes: 67498b411276 ("x86: configs: efi: enable some more useful options")
Signed-off-by: Chali Anis <chalianis1@gmail.com>
---
 arch/x86/configs/efi_defconfig | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/efi_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/efi_defconfig
index 1dd823af40ea..9844a70d2628 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/efi_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/efi_defconfig
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ CONFIG_DRIVER_NET_EFI_SNP=y
 CONFIG_DISK=y
 CONFIG_DISK_WRITE=y
 CONFIG_VIDEO=y
-CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
 CONFIG_DRIVER_VIDEO_EFI_GOP=y
 CONFIG_FINTEK_SUPERIO=y
 CONFIG_SMSC_SUPERIO=y
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH] arch: x86: efi_defconfig: remove framebuffer console to fix duplicate screen.

[Ahmad Fatoum]

Hi,

On 9/14/25 9:40 PM, chalianis1@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Chali Anis <chalianis1@gmail.com>
> 
> remove the framebuffer console and let develpers select it when needed, this
> fixes the problem that consist of having the screen splited to top and bottom
> displaying the output twice, and considerably speedup the efi payload on x86.
> 
> Fixes: 67498b411276 ("x86: configs: efi: enable some more useful options")
> Signed-off-by: Chali Anis <chalianis1@gmail.com>

In the worst case, the EFI stdio goes only to serial and users end up
seeing nothing on the screen at all with this configuration.

I thus don't think it's a good idea to disable it by default, unless we
have a way to check if stdio and GOP go to the same screen or not.

Cheers,
Ahmad

> ---
>  arch/x86/configs/efi_defconfig | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/efi_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/efi_defconfig
> index 1dd823af40ea..9844a70d2628 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/configs/efi_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/configs/efi_defconfig
> @@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ CONFIG_DRIVER_NET_EFI_SNP=y
>  CONFIG_DISK=y
>  CONFIG_DISK_WRITE=y
>  CONFIG_VIDEO=y
> -CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
>  CONFIG_DRIVER_VIDEO_EFI_GOP=y
>  CONFIG_FINTEK_SUPERIO=y
>  CONFIG_SMSC_SUPERIO=y

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