[PATCH v4 4/5] fbdev: Split frame buffer support in FB and FB_CORE symbols

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 01:05:28AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Currently the CONFIG_FB option has to be enabled even if no legacy fbdev
> drivers are needed (e.g: only to have support for framebuffer consoles).
> 
> The DRM subsystem has a fbdev emulation layer, but depends on CONFIG_FB
> and so it can only be enabled if that dependency is enabled as well.
> 
> That means fbdev drivers have to be explicitly disabled if users want to
> enable CONFIG_FB, only to use fbcon and/or the DRM fbdev emulation layer.
> 
> This patch introduces a non-visible CONFIG_FB_CORE symbol that could be
> enabled just to have core support needed for CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION,
> allowing CONFIG_FB to be disabled (and automatically disabling all the
> fbdev drivers).
> 
> Nothing from fb_backlight.o and fbmon.o is used by the DRM fbdev emulation
> layer so these two objects can be compiled out when CONFIG_FB is disabled.

...

Wondering if

  if FB_CORE
  ...
  endif

makes Kconfig looking better instead of replacing all these "depends on" lines.

>  config FB_DEVICE
>  	bool "Provide legacy /dev/fb* device"
> -	depends on FB
> +	depends on FB_CORE
>  	default y

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko