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Linux 6.14 Drops EFI's Long Obsolete UGA Protocol


The EFI updates have been merged for the Linux 6.14 kernel

The EFI updates this cycle aren't the most exciting but the kernel has finally bid farewell to the long obsolete UGA graphics protocol support. The Linux kernel EFI code has now stripped away the Universal Graphics Adapter (UGA) protocol. UGA was part of the original EFI 1.0 specification for handling graphics features.

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