[PATCH] fbcon: garbage collect fbdev scrolling acceleration

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Fri Jul 9 07:49:02 UTC 2021


On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 3:04 AM Hamza Mahfooz
<someguy at effective-light.com> wrote:
> As per commit 39aead8373b3 ("fbcon: Disable accelerated scrolling"), we can
> now remove all of the code that was made redundant by disabling scrolling
> acceleration.

Bummer, more code to revert to re-enable acceleration in the _56_
fbdev drivers using acceleration (some of them unusable without),
despite commit 39aead8373b3 claiming "No other driver supportes
accelerated fbcon"...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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