[PATCH v6 0/4] Allow disabling all native fbdev drivers and only keeping DRM emulation

[Helge Deller]

Hi Javier,

On 7/19/23 10:15, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> This patch series splits the fbdev core support in two different Kconfig
> symbols: FB and FB_CORE. The motivation for this is to allow CONFIG_FB to
> be disabled, while still having the the core fbdev support needed for the

One "the" too much.
(correcting just because this is a cover letter)

> CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION to be enabled. The motivation is automatically
> disabling all fbdev drivers instead of having to be disabled individually.
>
> The reason for doing this is that now with simpledrm, there's no need for
> the legacy fbdev (e.g: efifb or vesafb) drivers anymore and many distros
> now disable them. > But it would simplify the config a lot fo have a single
> Kconfig symbol to disable all fbdev drivers.

I suggest to rephrase this, e.g.:
The reason for doing this is that with simpledrm, mainstream Linux distributions
like Fedora, SUSE or Ubuntu can then more easily enable the DRM drivers only
by switching off legacy fbdev drivers with one Kconfig option (e.g. for efifb or
vesafb).

(note: there are quite many other distributions, e.g. debian and the derivates,
which still need the fbdev drivers for the various other architectures)

> I've built tested with possible combinations of CONFIG_FB, CONFIG_FB_CORE,
> CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION and CONFIG_FB_DEVICE symbols set to 'y' or 'n'.
>
> Patch #1 moves the auxdisplay drivers to "Graphics support" Kconfig menu,
> patch #2 moves the core fbdev Kconfig symbols to a separate Kconfig file,
> patch #3 does the FB symbol split and introduces the FB_CORE symbol and
> finally patch #4 makes the DRM symbol to select FB_CORE if the DRM fbdev
> emualtion support was enabled.
>
> Since this series touches three subsystems (auxdisplay, fbdev and DRM),
> I would like to merge it through DRM with the acks of these maintainers.

Sure. Ack from me.

The patch series look good otherwise. You may add:
Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller at gmx.de>

> This is a v6 of the patch-set that addresses issues pointed out by Arnd
> Bergmann in the previous v5:
>
> https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2023-July/413943.html
>
> Changes in v6:
> - Don't move FB_{HECUBA,SVGALIB,MACMODES} to config/Kcore (Arnd Bergmann).
> - Fix link error when CONFIG_FB_CORE=y and CONFIG_FB=m (Arnd Bergmann).
>
> Changes in v5:
> - Take the auxdisplay/Kconfig source out of "if HAS_IOMEM" (Geert Uytterhoeven).
> - Fix ifdef guard check in drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c (Arnd Bergmann).
>
> Changes in v4:
> - Fix menuconfig hierarchy that was broken in v3 (Arnd Bergmann).
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Really make a hidden symbol by removing the prompt (Arnd Bergmann).
> - Change FB_CORE to config instead of menuconfig (Arnd Bergmann).
> - Keep "depends on FB" for FIRMWARE_EDID (Arnd Bergmann).
> - Compile out fb_backlight.o and fbmon.o that are only needed for FB
>    (Arnd Bergmann).
> - Make FB_DEVICE to depend on FB_CORE instead of selecting it.
> - Make the DRM symbol to select FB_CORE if DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION is
>    enabled (Arnd Bergmann).
> - Also make DRM select FB_SYS_HELPERS_DEFERRED if DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION
> - Make DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION to depend on DRM instead of DRM_KMS_HELPER.
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Keep "depends on FB" for FB_DDC, FB_HECUBA, FB_SVGALIB, FB_MACMODES,
>    FB_BACKLIGHT, FB_MODE_HELPERS and FB_TILEBLITTING (Arnd Bergmann).
> - Don't change the fb.o object name (Arnd Bergmann).
> - Make FB_CORE a non-visible Kconfig symbol instead (Thomas Zimmermann).
> - Make CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION to select FB_CORE (Thomas Zimmermann).
>
> Javier Martinez Canillas (4):
>    video: Add auxiliary display drivers to Graphics support menu
>    fbdev: Move core fbdev symbols to a separate Kconfig file
>    fbdev: Split frame buffer support in FB and FB_CORE symbols
>    drm: Make FB_CORE to be selected if DRM fbdev emulation is enabled
>
>   arch/x86/Makefile                   |   2 +-
>   arch/x86/video/Makefile             |   2 +-
>   drivers/Kconfig                     |   2 -
>   drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig             |   7 +-
>   drivers/video/Kconfig               |   2 +
>   drivers/video/backlight/backlight.c |   6 +-
>   drivers/video/console/Kconfig       |   2 +-
>   drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig         | 197 ++--------------------------
>   drivers/video/fbdev/core/Kconfig    | 190 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/video/fbdev/core/Makefile   |  10 +-
>   10 files changed, 218 insertions(+), 202 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/core/Kconfig
>