[PATCH v3 0/4] fbdev: Remove global screen_info in efifb/vesafb

Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann at suse.de
Wed Dec 6 13:50:25 UTC 2023


Replace the global instance of screen_info with the per-device instance
that is set by the sysfb code. The use of the global screen_info should
be limited and ideally be pushed into per-architecture code.

v3:
	* better const correctness in efifb (Sui)
	* fix build for deferred takeover (kernel test robot)
v2:
	* comment on devm_kmemdup() usage (Javier)

Thomas Zimmermann (4):
  fbdev/efifb: Replace references to global screen_info by local pointer
  fbdev/efifb: Use screen_info pointer from device
  fbdev/vesafb: Replace references to global screen_info by local
    pointer
  fbdev/vesafb: Use screen_info pointer from device

 drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c  | 136 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
 drivers/video/fbdev/vesafb.c |  78 ++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)

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