[PATCH 19/32] fbdev/ps3fb: Initialize fb_ops with fbdev macros

Javier Martinez Canillas javierm at redhat.com
Thu Nov 16 10:53:29 UTC 2023


Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de> writes:

> Initialize the instance of struct fb_ops with fbdev initializer
> macros for framebuffers in virtual address space. Set the read/write,
> draw and mmap callbacks to the correct implementation and avoid
> implicit defaults. Also select the necessary helpers in Kconfig.
>
> Fbdev drivers sometimes rely on the callbacks being NULL for a
> default I/O-memory-based implementation to be invoked; hence
> requiring the I/O helpers to be built in any case. Setting all
> callbacks in all drivers explicitly will allow to make the I/O
> helpers optional. This benefits systems that do not use these
> functions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig | 5 +----
>  drivers/video/fbdev/ps3fb.c | 7 ++-----
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm at redhat.com>

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat



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