[PATCH 1/2] drm/fb-helper: unexpoert drm_fb_helper_generic_probe

Noralf Trønnes noralf at tronnes.org
Tue Nov 12 20:51:33 UTC 2019



Den 12.11.2019 18.50, skrev Daniel Vetter:
> Not sure we don't yet have this as a patch somewhere ...
> 
> Motivation is that the automatic lifetime management of the generic fbdev
> code is quite tricky, and it'll get even more tricky. Allowing drivers
> to just use the fb_probe looks like a recipe for disaster.
> 
> Cc: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel at redhat.com>
> Cc: Noralf Trønnes <noralf at tronnes.org>
> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at ffwll.ch>
> ---

This was needed during conversion of the cma-helper, and then I forgot...

Reviewed-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf at tronnes.org>


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