Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 May 2024 22:36:13 +0200 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fbdev: Have CONFIG_FB_NOTIFY be tristate |
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Hi Arnd,
> > I think if you want to do a new version, that is likely to run > into new problems, given that this part of fbdev is particularly > fragile and partly wrong. On the other hand, it would be nice to > have a patch to limit the use of the notifiers to the smallest > set of kernel configs that actually need it, and leave it turned > off for everything else. > > These are the ones I could find: > > - CONFIG_GUMSTIX_AM200EPD (FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED)
I was surprised to see this driver is still around as many other old drivers was nuked as part of the pxa cleanup. It is the only user of FB_EVENT_FB_REGISTERED - so a potential cleanup if the driver is no longer relevant.
Just a drive-by comment, this should not stop a v2 of the patchset.
Sam
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