Comment 11 for bug 1836858

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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote : Re: i915: Display flickers during "flickerfree" boot (BIOS logo on a black background)

Seb,

Yes I do see it but it's different now...

$ uname -a
Linux kab 5.3.0-19-generic #20~lp1836858 SMP Fri Oct 18 12:09:47 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ dmesg | grep fb
...
[ 0.395596] efifb: probing for efifb
[ 0.395604] efifb: showing boot graphics
[ 0.396347] efifb: framebuffer at 0xe0000000, using 9024k, total 9024k
[ 0.396347] efifb: mode is 1920x1200x32, linelength=7680, pages=1
[ 0.396348] efifb: scrolling: redraw
[ 0.396349] efifb: Truecolor: size=8:8:8:8, shift=24:16:8:0
[ 0.396371] fbcon: Deferring console take-over
[ 0.396372] fb0: EFI VGA frame buffer device
[ 1.860776] fbcon: Taking over console
[ 2.540276] fb0: switching to inteldrmfb from EFI VGA
[ 2.852694] fbcon: i915drmfb (fb0) is primary device
[ 2.852753] i915 0000:00:02.0: fb0: i915drmfb frame buffer device

I think you're right. It sounds like a step in the right direction.