[PATCH 14/14] drm/kmb: Enable support for fbcon (framebuffer console)

[Sam Ravnborg]

Hi Anitha,

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 05:31:26PM -0700, Anitha Chrisanthus wrote:
> From: Edmund Dea <edmund.j.dea at intel.com>
> 
> Enable support for fbcon (framebuffer console).
> The user can initialize fbcon by loading kmb-drm with the parameter
> console=1.

I do not see the poit of the boot parameter??
Why is it needed here but not in other drivers?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Edmund Dea <edmund.j.dea at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Anitha Chrisanthus <anitha.chrisanthus at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/gpu/drm/kmb/kmb_drv.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/kmb/kmb_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/kmb/kmb_drv.c
> index d0de1db03493..d39d004f513a 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/kmb/kmb_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/kmb/kmb_drv.c
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/clk.h>
>  #include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
>  #include <linux/of_graph.h>
>  #include <linux/of_platform.h>
>  #include <linux/of_reserved_mem.h>
> @@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
>  
>  #include <drm/drm_atomic_helper.h>
>  #include <drm/drm_drv.h>
> +#include <drm/drm_fb_helper.h>
>  #include <drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.h>
>  #include <drm/drm_gem_framebuffer_helper.h>
>  #include <drm/drm_irq.h>
> @@ -25,7 +27,13 @@
>  #include "kmb_dsi.h"
>  #include "kmb_regs.h"
>  
> -static int kmb_display_clk_enable(struct kmb_drm_private *kmb)
> +/* Module Parameters */
> +static bool console;
> +module_param(console, bool, 0400);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(console,
> +		 "Enable framebuffer console support (0=disable [default], 1=on)");
> +
> +int kmb_display_clk_enable(struct kmb_drm_private *kmb)
kmb_display_clk_enable lost a "static" - it will result in a warning if
you build with W=1

>  {
>  	int ret = 0;
>  
> @@ -546,6 +554,9 @@ static int kmb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto err_register;
>  
> +	if (console)
> +		drm_fbdev_generic_setup(&kmb->drm, 32);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  
>   err_register:
> -- 
> 2.25.1