[Intel-gfx] [PATCH] fbdev: Nuke FBINFO_MODULE

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 05:07:42 PM Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:54 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
> <b.zolnierkie at samsung.com> wrote:
> > On Wednesday, July 12, 2017 02:42:14 PM Daniel Vetter wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 12:41:34PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> >> > On Tuesday, July 11, 2017 04:52:19 PM Daniel Vetter wrote:
> >> > > Instead check info->ops->owner, which amounts to the same.
> >> > >
> >> > > Spotted because I want to remove the pile of broken and cargo-culted
> >> > > fb_info->flags assignments in drm drivers.
> >> > >
> >> > > v2: Fixup matrox (reported by kbuild). Also nuke FBINFO_FLAG_* defines
> >> > > that I've failed to spot.
> >> > >
> >> > > v3: Don't nuke FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT, that's used all over the place.
> >> > >
> >> > > Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie at samsung.com>
> >> > > Cc: linux-fbdev at vger.kernel.org
> >> > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter at intel.com>
> >> >
> >> > Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie at samsung.com>
> >>
> >> Do you plan to pick these two patches up yourself, or do you expect me to
> >> merge them?
> >
> > Since the original patchset contained DRM changes (two last patches)
> > depending on fbdev changes (two first patches, the patch being discussed
> > was the second one) I assumed that you would like to take them all
> > through DRM tree. If this is not what is preferred, please tell me.
> 
> There's no direct depency between 1&2 and 3&4, the only effect of
> merging them through separate trees is that the bootup logo might not
> show up when it's expected, until the trees are merged together. We
> could merge them through separate trees if you prefer that (I forgot
> to mention that in the cover letter), but I'm fine with putting them
> all into drm-misc with your ack for 4.14.
> 
> Whatever you prefer, I don't mind either way.

Then I will merge patches 1&2 for v4.14 through fbdev tree (there are
some other changes pending touching fbdev core and I would like to avoid
conflicts between fbdev & drm-misc trees). Thanks!

Best regards,
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics