[PATCH 13/32] fbdev/sh_mobile_lcdcfb: Initialize fb_ops with fbdev macros

Javier Martinez Canillas javierm at redhat.com
Thu Nov 16 10:45:11 UTC 2023


Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de> writes:

> Initialize the instance of struct fb_ops with fbdev initializer
> macros for framebuffers in DMA-able virtual address space. Set the
> read/write, draw and mmap callbacks to the correct implementation
> and avoid implicit defaults. Also select the necessary helpers in
> Kconfig.
>
> The driver uses a mixture of DMA helpers and deferred I/O. That
> probably needs fixing by a driver maintainer.
>
> Fbdev drivers sometimes rely on the callbacks being NULL for a
> default I/O-memory-based implementation to be invoked; hence
> requiring the I/O helpers to be built in any case. Setting all
> callbacks in all drivers explicitly will allow to make the I/O
> helpers optional. This benefits systems that do not use these
> functions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm at redhat.com>

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat



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