Comment # 31 on bug 1193250 from Michal Suchanek

Nevermind, there is clearly need for this:

iff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/Kconfig
index 712e0004e96e..cc09e2ba166f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/Kconfig
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ config DRM_GM12U320
 config DRM_SIMPLEDRM
        tristate "Simple framebuffer driver"
        depends on DRM && MMU
+       select FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT
        select DRM_GEM_SHMEM_HELPER
        select DRM_KMS_HELPER
        help

to be able to select extended VESA modes.