Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:21:52 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] arch: Select fbdev helpers with CONFIG_VIDEO | From | Thomas Zimmermann <> |
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Hi
Am 28.03.24 um 13:39 schrieb Helge Deller: > On 3/27/24 21:41, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: >> Various Kconfig options selected the per-architecture helpers for >> fbdev. But none of the contained code depends on fbdev. Standardize >> on CONFIG_VIDEO, which will allow to add more general helpers for >> video functionality. >> >> CONFIG_VIDEO protects each architecture's video/ directory. > > Your patch in general looks good. > But is renaming the config option from CONFIG_FB_CORE to CONFIG_VIDEO > the best choice? > CONFIG_VIDEO might be mixed up with multimedia/video-streaming. > > Why not e.g. CONFIG_GRAPHICS_CORE? > I'm fine with CONFIG_VIDEO as well, but if someone has a better idea > we maybe should go with that instead now?
We already have CONFIG_VIDEO in drivers/video/Kconfig specifically for such low-level graphics code. For generic multimedia, we could have CONFIG_MEDIA, CONFIG_STREAMING, etc. rather than renaming an established Kconfig symbol.
Best regards Thomas
> > Helge > >> This >> allows for the use of more fine-grained control for each directory's >> files, such as the use of CONFIG_STI_CORE on parisc. >> >> v2: >> - sparc: rebased onto Makefile changes >> >> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> >> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> >> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> >> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> >> Cc: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com> >> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> >> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> >> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> >> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> >> Cc: x86@kernel.org >> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> >> --- >> arch/parisc/Makefile | 2 +- >> arch/sparc/Makefile | 4 ++-- >> arch/sparc/video/Makefile | 2 +- >> arch/x86/Makefile | 2 +- >> arch/x86/video/Makefile | 3 ++- >> 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/parisc/Makefile b/arch/parisc/Makefile >> index 316f84f1d15c8..21b8166a68839 100644 >> --- a/arch/parisc/Makefile >> +++ b/arch/parisc/Makefile >> @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export LIBGCC >> >> libs-y += arch/parisc/lib/ $(LIBGCC) >> >> -drivers-y += arch/parisc/video/ >> +drivers-$(CONFIG_VIDEO) += arch/parisc/video/ >> >> boot := arch/parisc/boot >> >> diff --git a/arch/sparc/Makefile b/arch/sparc/Makefile >> index 2a03daa68f285..757451c3ea1df 100644 >> --- a/arch/sparc/Makefile >> +++ b/arch/sparc/Makefile >> @@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ endif >> libs-y += arch/sparc/prom/ >> libs-y += arch/sparc/lib/ >> >> -drivers-$(CONFIG_PM) += arch/sparc/power/ >> -drivers-$(CONFIG_FB_CORE) += arch/sparc/video/ >> +drivers-$(CONFIG_PM) += arch/sparc/power/ >> +drivers-$(CONFIG_VIDEO) += arch/sparc/video/ >> >> boot := arch/sparc/boot >> >> diff --git a/arch/sparc/video/Makefile b/arch/sparc/video/Makefile >> index d4d83f1702c61..9dd82880a027a 100644 >> --- a/arch/sparc/video/Makefile >> +++ b/arch/sparc/video/Makefile >> @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ >> # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only >> >> -obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CORE) += fbdev.o >> +obj-y += fbdev.o >> diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile >> index 15a5f4f2ff0aa..c0ea612c62ebe 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/Makefile >> +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile >> @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ drivers-$(CONFIG_PCI) += arch/x86/pci/ >> # suspend and hibernation support >> drivers-$(CONFIG_PM) += arch/x86/power/ >> >> -drivers-$(CONFIG_FB_CORE) += arch/x86/video/ >> +drivers-$(CONFIG_VIDEO) += arch/x86/video/ >> >> #### >> # boot loader support. Several targets are kept for legacy purposes >> diff --git a/arch/x86/video/Makefile b/arch/x86/video/Makefile >> index 5ebe48752ffc4..9dd82880a027a 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/video/Makefile >> +++ b/arch/x86/video/Makefile >> @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ >> # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only >> -obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CORE) += fbdev.o >> + >> +obj-y += fbdev.o >
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