[PATCH 30/30] fbdev: Make support for userspace interfaces configurable

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 09.06.23 um 11:14 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:
[...]
> 
>>> What do you think low-end embedded devices with an out-of-tree[*]
>>> fbdev driver are using?
>>
>> And those do not count either. IIRC Android used to be built on top of
>> fbdev devices. I'm not sure if they have moved to DRM by now. But
>> embedded uses dedicated kernels and kernel configs.  It's easy for them
>> to set FB_DEVICE=y.  We're not going to take away the fbdev device entirely.
> 
> The point is that we do not suddenly disable functionality that users
> may depend on. While "make oldconfig" will show users the new
> FB_DEVICE question, (and hopefully they'll notice), "make olddefconfig"
> and "make <foo>_defconfig" won't, possibly causing regressions.
> Without a suitable default, you should IMHO at least update all
> defconfigs that enable any fbdev drivers.

Didn't I already say that we should make it "default y" if that's 
preferable in practice?

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> I guess you do remember the fall-out from f611b1e7624ccdbd ("drm:
> Avoid circular dependencies for CONFIG_FB"), after which lots of defconfigs
> had to gain CONFIG_FB=y?
> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                          Geert
> 

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