[PATCH v2 1/2] fbdev: Split frame buffer support in FB and FB_CORE symbols

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 03.07.23 um 09:46 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
> Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de> writes:
> 
> Hello Thomas,
> 
> Thanks for your review.
> 
>> Hi
>>
>> Am 01.07.23 um 23:44 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>>    
>>> +menuconfig FB_CORE
>>> +	tristate "Core support for frame buffer devices"
>>
>> With the text, this is visible; as others noted.
>>
> 
> Yes, I misremembered what made a Kconfig symbol non-visible, and thought
> that was just the lack of a help section but forgot to remove the prompt.
> 
> This is already fixed in v3.
> 
>>> +
>>>    menuconfig FB
>>> -	tristate "Support for frame buffer devices"
>>> +	tristate "Support for frame buffer device drivers"
>>
>> Just keep the text as-is.
>>
> 
> I disagree. Because we are slightly changing the Kconfig symbol semantics
> here, for instance CONFIG_FB_CORE + CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION will also
> provide a frame buffer device (and with CONFIG_FB_DEVICE, will be exposed
> to user-space as a /dev/fb? device).
> 
> So now CONFIG_FB is really about allowing the native fbdev drivers to be
> enabled. That's why I'm changing the prompt text to make that more clear.
> 
> [...]
> 
>>>    config FB_DEVICE
>>>    	bool "Provide legacy /dev/fb* device"
>>> -	depends on FB
>>> +	select FB_CORE
>>
>> This should depend on FB_CORE.
>>
> 
> Yes, already fixed in v3 too. I did a select to prevent symbol circular
> dependencies but doing that lead to CONFIG_FB_CORE=y even if CONFIG_DRM
> was set as a module.
> 
> But with the "select FB_CORE if DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION" in the DRM symbol as
> Arnd suggested, I was able to have FB_DEVICE to depend on FB_CORE again.

BTW, where does this item now show up in the menu? It used to be in the 
framebuffer menu. It's now in the graphics-drivers menu?

Best regards
Thomas

> 
>> Best regards
>> Thomas
>>
> 

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Thomas Zimmermann
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