[PATCH] drm/mxsfb: rename driver to mxsfb-drm

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Wed Jun 13 07:17:35 UTC 2018


On 06/13/2018 09:16 AM, Stefan Agner wrote:
> On 13.06.2018 01:08, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> On 06/12/2018 06:01 PM, Fabio Estevam wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Stefan Agner <stefan at agner.ch> wrote:
>>>
>>>> There are two drivers for the LCDIF/MXSFB peripheral. If the DRM
>>>> and fbdev are compiled in, the registration of the second driver
>>>> fails:
>>>>   mxs-dma 33000000.dma-apbh: initialized
>>>>   mxsfb 30730000.lcdif: 30730000.lcdif supply lcd not found, using dummy regulator
>>>>   mxsfb 30730000.lcdif: initialized
>>>>   Error: Driver 'mxsfb' is already registered, aborting...
>>>>
>>>> Avoid driver name conflict with MXS fbdev driver by renaming the
>>>> more recently added DRM driver.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Stefan Agner <stefan at agner.ch>
>>>
>>> Yes, this driver name collision is annoying:
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at nxp.com>
>>>
>> Why dont we just kill the old fbdev driver instead ?
> 
> The config is outside of my direct control, it's a distro kernel...
> 
> Or what do you mean exactly? Send a patch to remove the fbdev driver?

Yes, remove the fbdev driver.

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Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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