[PATCH 10/11] fbdev: Acquire framebuffer apertures for firmware devices

Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann at suse.de
Fri Jul 15 11:58:10 UTC 2022


Hi

Am 11.07.22 um 13:29 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
> On 7/7/22 17:39, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>> When registering a generic framebuffer, automatically acquire ownership
>> of the framebuffer's I/O range. The device will now be handled by the
>> aperture helpers. Fbdev-based conflict handling is no longer required.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
>> ---
>>   drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
>> index 2237049327db..e556ad69f48f 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
>> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
>> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
>>   
>>   #include <linux/module.h>
>>   
>> +#include <linux/aperture.h>
>>   #include <linux/compat.h>
>>   #include <linux/types.h>
>>   #include <linux/errno.h>
>> @@ -1739,6 +1740,32 @@ static void do_unregister_framebuffer(struct fb_info *fb_info)
>>   	put_fb_info(fb_info);
>>   }
>>   
>> +static int fbm_aperture_acquire_for_platform_device(struct fb_info *fb_info)
>> +{
> 
> What's the meaning of 'm' here ? Misc, memory ? I would just call it 'fb_'.

'managed' as in drmm_ But using fb_ is also good. I actually wasn't sure 
about this naming.

Best regards
Thomas

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

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
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