[Nouveau] [PATCH v2 1/2] drm: Add a drm_drv_enabled() to check if drivers should be enabled

Javier Martinez Canillas javierm at redhat.com
Fri Nov 5 12:00:49 UTC 2021


On 11/5/21 11:04, Jani Nikula wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Nov 2021, Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm at redhat.com> wrote:

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>>
>> Do you envision other condition that could be added later to disable a
>> DRM driver ? Or do you think that just from a code readability point of
>> view makes worth it ?
> 
> Taking a step back for perspective.
> 
> I think there's broad consensus in moving the parameter to drm, naming
> the check function to drm_something_something(), and breaking the ties
> to CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE. I appreciate the work you're doing to that
> effect.
>

Thanks, I appreciate your feedback and comments.
 
> I think everything beyond that is still a bit vague and/or
> contentious. So how about making the first 2-3 patches just that?
> Something we can all agree on, makes good progress, improves the kernel,
> and gives us something to build on?
>

That works for me. Thomas, do you agree with that approach ?
 
Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat



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