diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
index 0ecf6b76a401c043e00a12b3b027a07ef14cce01..8e28e5993df5b5607896db9c8c30a226faf1790d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_fb.c
@@ -504,6 +504,14 @@ static int intelfb_create(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t fb_width,
 	info->fbops = &intelfb_ops;
 
 	info->fix.line_length = fb->pitch;
+
+	/* setup aperture base/size for vesafb takeover */
+	info->aperture_base = dev->mode_config.fb_base;
+	if (IS_I9XX(dev))
+		info->aperture_size = pci_resource_len(dev->pdev, 2);
+	else
+		info->aperture_size = pci_resource_len(dev->pdev, 0);
+
 	info->fix.smem_start = dev->mode_config.fb_base + obj_priv->gtt_offset;
 	info->fix.smem_len = size;
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/efifb.c b/drivers/video/efifb.c
index 8dea2bc927054783658183f662d9644e2eb27efc..eb12182b20598861937b46496b8716efcae1e366 100644
--- a/drivers/video/efifb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/efifb.c
@@ -280,6 +280,9 @@ static int __init efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	info->pseudo_palette = info->par;
 	info->par = NULL;
 
+	info->aperture_base = efifb_fix.smem_start;
+	info->aperture_size = size_total;
+
 	info->screen_base = ioremap(efifb_fix.smem_start, efifb_fix.smem_len);
 	if (!info->screen_base) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "efifb: abort, cannot ioremap video memory "
@@ -337,7 +340,7 @@ static int __init efifb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	info->fbops = &efifb_ops;
 	info->var = efifb_defined;
 	info->fix = efifb_fix;
-	info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT;
+	info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT | FBINFO_MISC_FIRMWARE;
 
 	if ((err = fb_alloc_cmap(&info->cmap, 256, 0)) < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "efifb: cannot allocate colormap\n");
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
index d412a1ddc12fabb50df8562af40b5df25351d2bd..f8a09bf8d0cdecb0963116a4fb7a7d3793ed798d 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
@@ -1462,6 +1462,16 @@ static int fb_check_foreignness(struct fb_info *fi)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool fb_do_apertures_overlap(struct fb_info *gen, struct fb_info *hw)
+{
+	/* is the generic aperture base the same as the HW one */
+	if (gen->aperture_base == hw->aperture_base)
+		return true;
+	/* is the generic aperture base inside the hw base->hw base+size */
+	if (gen->aperture_base > hw->aperture_base && gen->aperture_base <= hw->aperture_base + hw->aperture_size)
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
 /**
  *	register_framebuffer - registers a frame buffer device
  *	@fb_info: frame buffer info structure
@@ -1485,6 +1495,23 @@ register_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
 	if (fb_check_foreignness(fb_info))
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
+	/* check all firmware fbs and kick off if the base addr overlaps */
+	for (i = 0 ; i < FB_MAX; i++) {
+		if (!registered_fb[i])
+			continue;
+
+		if (registered_fb[i]->flags & FBINFO_MISC_FIRMWARE) {
+			if (fb_do_apertures_overlap(registered_fb[i], fb_info)) {
+				printk(KERN_ERR "fb: conflicting fb hw usage "
+				       "%s vs %s - removing generic driver\n",
+				       fb_info->fix.id,
+				       registered_fb[i]->fix.id);
+				unregister_framebuffer(registered_fb[i]);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	num_registered_fb++;
 	for (i = 0 ; i < FB_MAX; i++)
 		if (!registered_fb[i])
@@ -1586,6 +1613,10 @@ unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
 	device_destroy(fb_class, MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, i));
 	event.info = fb_info;
 	fb_notifier_call_chain(FB_EVENT_FB_UNREGISTERED, &event);
+
+	/* this may free fb info */
+	if (fb_info->fbops->fb_destroy)
+		fb_info->fbops->fb_destroy(fb_info);
 done:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/video/vesafb.c b/drivers/video/vesafb.c
index d6856f43d241df13d14ab43113c9472387ecbdef..bd37ee1f6a251bce027920a4eab805b0bbcfc3de 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vesafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vesafb.c
@@ -174,8 +174,17 @@ static int vesafb_setcolreg(unsigned regno, unsigned red, unsigned green,
 	return err;
 }
 
+static void vesafb_destroy(struct fb_info *info)
+{
+	if (info->screen_base)
+		iounmap(info->screen_base);
+	release_mem_region(info->aperture_base, info->aperture_size);
+	framebuffer_release(info);
+}
+
 static struct fb_ops vesafb_ops = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.fb_destroy     = vesafb_destroy,
 	.fb_setcolreg	= vesafb_setcolreg,
 	.fb_pan_display	= vesafb_pan_display,
 	.fb_fillrect	= cfb_fillrect,
@@ -286,6 +295,10 @@ static int __init vesafb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	info->pseudo_palette = info->par;
 	info->par = NULL;
 
+	/* set vesafb aperture size for generic probing */
+	info->aperture_base = screen_info.lfb_base;
+	info->aperture_size = size_total;
+
 	info->screen_base = ioremap(vesafb_fix.smem_start, vesafb_fix.smem_len);
 	if (!info->screen_base) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
@@ -437,7 +450,7 @@ static int __init vesafb_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	info->fbops = &vesafb_ops;
 	info->var = vesafb_defined;
 	info->fix = vesafb_fix;
-	info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT |
+	info->flags = FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT | FBINFO_MISC_FIRMWARE |
 		(ypan ? FBINFO_HWACCEL_YPAN : 0);
 
 	if (!ypan)
diff --git a/include/linux/fb.h b/include/linux/fb.h
index 330c4b1bfcaa58b32907cd9f050c9cc67b097cb0..3c5562a52167bc69da24edd6b9684008c3356c76 100644
--- a/include/linux/fb.h
+++ b/include/linux/fb.h
@@ -677,6 +677,9 @@ struct fb_ops {
 	/* get capability given var */
 	void (*fb_get_caps)(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_blit_caps *caps,
 			    struct fb_var_screeninfo *var);
+
+	/* teardown any resources to do with this framebuffer */
+	void (*fb_destroy)(struct fb_info *info);
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FB_TILEBLITTING
@@ -786,6 +789,8 @@ struct fb_tile_ops {
 #define FBINFO_MISC_USEREVENT          0x10000 /* event request
 						  from userspace */
 #define FBINFO_MISC_TILEBLITTING       0x20000 /* use tile blitting */
+#define FBINFO_MISC_FIRMWARE           0x40000 /* a replaceable firmware
+						  inited framebuffer */
 
 /* A driver may set this flag to indicate that it does want a set_par to be
  * called every time when fbcon_switch is executed. The advantage is that with
@@ -854,7 +859,12 @@ struct fb_info {
 	u32 state;			/* Hardware state i.e suspend */
 	void *fbcon_par;                /* fbcon use-only private area */
 	/* From here on everything is device dependent */
-	void *par;	
+	void *par;
+	/* we need the PCI or similiar aperture base/size not
+	   smem_start/size as smem_start may just be an object
+	   allocated inside the aperture so may not actually overlap */
+	resource_size_t aperture_base;
+	resource_size_t aperture_size;
 };
 
 #ifdef MODULE