[PATCH v3 0/4] fbdev: Remove global screen_info in efifb/vesafb

[Thomas Zimmermann]

I'm going to merge this patchset through drm-misc-next

Am 06.12.23 um 14:50 schrieb Thomas Zimmermann:
> Replace the global instance of screen_info with the per-device instance
> that is set by the sysfb code. The use of the global screen_info should
> be limited and ideally be pushed into per-architecture code.
> 
> v3:
> 	* better const correctness in efifb (Sui)
> 	* fix build for deferred takeover (kernel test robot)
> v2:
> 	* comment on devm_kmemdup() usage (Javier)
> 
> Thomas Zimmermann (4):
>    fbdev/efifb: Replace references to global screen_info by local pointer
>    fbdev/efifb: Use screen_info pointer from device
>    fbdev/vesafb: Replace references to global screen_info by local
>      pointer
>    fbdev/vesafb: Use screen_info pointer from device
> 
>   drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c  | 136 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
>   drivers/video/fbdev/vesafb.c |  78 ++++++++++++--------
>   2 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)
> 

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
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