[PATCH 0/4] fbdev: Rename helpers for struct fb_ops

Sam Ravnborg sam at ravnborg.org
Sun Jul 30 08:53:46 UTC 2023


Hi Thomas,

On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 09:26:45PM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> As discussed at [1], rename helpers for struct fb_ops to include
> 'MEM' in their name to signal that these helpers operate on a
> certain type of memory address; either I/O, system or DMA-able
> ranges. These are trival renames without any functional changes.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/1ab418ae-592f-4347-fa75-bf9b00115afe@gmx.de/T/#mcb92691d6131333782cc83190a5fc00bd575a0c5

Yep, Helge is right that the naming is better with MEM added.
Good that we could get this sorted out now where the impact is "only" in
drm.

All 4 patches are:
Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam at ravnborg.org>



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