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From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	"Daniel Vetter" <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	"Helge Deller" <deller@gmx.de>,
	"Javier Martinez Canillas" <javierm@redhat.com>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linux-Arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
	loongarch@lists.linux.dev, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/19] arch: Consolidate <asm/fb.h>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:12:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1641007d-7953-426a-a3de-ca9c90f6c5a9@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230417125651.25126-1-tzimmermann@suse.de>

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023, at 14:56, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Various architectures provide <asm/fb.h> with helpers for fbdev
> framebuffer devices. Share the contained code where possible. There
> is already <asm-generic/fb.h>, which implements generic (as in
> 'empty') functions of the fbdev helpers. The header was added in
> commit aafe4dbed0bf ("asm-generic: add generic versions of common
> headers"), but never used.
>
> Each per-architecture header file declares and/or implements fbdev
> helpers and defines a preprocessor token for each. The generic
> header then provides the remaining helpers. It works like the I/O
> helpers in <asm/io.h>.

Looks all good to me,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

     Arnd

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From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linux-Arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
	loongarch@lists.linux.dev, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/19] arch: Consolidate <asm/fb.h>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:12:15 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1641007d-7953-426a-a3de-ca9c90f6c5a9@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230417125651.25126-1-tzimmermann@suse.de>

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023, at 14:56, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Various architectures provide <asm/fb.h> with helpers for fbdev
> framebuffer devices. Share the contained code where possible. There
> is already <asm-generic/fb.h>, which implements generic (as in
> 'empty') functions of the fbdev helpers. The header was added in
> commit aafe4dbed0bf ("asm-generic: add generic versions of common
> headers"), but never used.
>
> Each per-architecture header file declares and/or implements fbdev
> helpers and defines a preprocessor token for each. The generic
> header then provides the remaining helpers. It works like the I/O
> helpers in <asm/io.h>.

Looks all good to me,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

     Arnd

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	"Daniel Vetter" <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	"Helge Deller" <deller@gmx.de>,
	"Javier Martinez Canillas" <javierm@redhat.com>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linux-Arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
	loongarch@lists.linux.dev, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/19] arch: Consolidate <asm/fb.h>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:12:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1641007d-7953-426a-a3de-ca9c90f6c5a9@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230417125651.25126-1-tzimmermann@suse.de>

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023, at 14:56, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Various architectures provide <asm/fb.h> with helpers for fbdev
> framebuffer devices. Share the contained code where possible. There
> is already <asm-generic/fb.h>, which implements generic (as in
> 'empty') functions of the fbdev helpers. The header was added in
> commit aafe4dbed0bf ("asm-generic: add generic versions of common
> headers"), but never used.
>
> Each per-architecture header file declares and/or implements fbdev
> helpers and defines a preprocessor token for each. The generic
> header then provides the remaining helpers. It works like the I/O
> helpers in <asm/io.h>.

Looks all good to me,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

     Arnd

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From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	"Daniel Vetter" <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	"Helge Deller" <deller@gmx.de>,
	"Javier Martinez Canillas" <javierm@redhat.com>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linux-Arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-mips@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org, loongarch@lists.linux.dev,
	sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/19] arch: Consolidate <asm/fb.h>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:12:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1641007d-7953-426a-a3de-ca9c90f6c5a9@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230417125651.25126-1-tzimmermann@suse.de>

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023, at 14:56, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Various architectures provide <asm/fb.h> with helpers for fbdev
> framebuffer devices. Share the contained code where possible. There
> is already <asm-generic/fb.h>, which implements generic (as in
> 'empty') functions of the fbdev helpers. The header was added in
> commit aafe4dbed0bf ("asm-generic: add generic versions of common
> headers"), but never used.
>
> Each per-architecture header file declares and/or implements fbdev
> helpers and defines a preprocessor token for each. The generic
> header then provides the remaining helpers. It works like the I/O
> helpers in <asm/io.h>.

Looks all good to me,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

     Arnd

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
	"Daniel Vetter" <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	"Helge Deller" <deller@gmx.de>,
	"Javier Martinez Canillas" <javierm@redhat.com>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Linux-Arch <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
	linux-snps-arc@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
	loongarch@lists.linux.dev, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/19] arch: Consolidate <asm/fb.h>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:12:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1641007d-7953-426a-a3de-ca9c90f6c5a9@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230417125651.25126-1-tzimmermann@suse.de>

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023, at 14:56, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Various architectures provide <asm/fb.h> with helpers for fbdev
> framebuffer devices. Share the contained code where possible. There
> is already <asm-generic/fb.h>, which implements generic (as in
> 'empty') functions of the fbdev helpers. The header was added in
> commit aafe4dbed0bf ("asm-generic: add generic versions of common
> headers"), but never used.
>
> Each per-architecture header file declares and/or implements fbdev
> helpers and defines a preprocessor token for each. The generic
> header then provides the remaining helpers. It works like the I/O
> helpers in <asm/io.h>.

Looks all good to me,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

     Arnd

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-04-17 14:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 170+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-04-17 12:56 [PATCH v3 00/19] arch: Consolidate <asm/fb.h> Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 01/19] fbdev: Prepare generic architecture helpers Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 02/19] arch/arc: Implement <asm/fb.h> with generic helpers Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 03/19] arch/arm: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 04/19] arch/arm64: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 05/19] arch/ia64: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 06/19] arch/loongarch: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-28 10:26   ` WANG Xuerui
2023-06-28 10:26     ` WANG Xuerui
2023-06-28 10:26     ` WANG Xuerui
2023-06-28 10:26     ` WANG Xuerui
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 07/19] arch/m68k: Merge variants of fb_pgprotect() into single function Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 08/19] arch/m68k: Implement <asm/fb.h> with generic helpers Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 09/19] arch/mips: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 10/19] video: Remove trailing whitespaces Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 11/19] video: Move HP PARISC STI core code to shared location Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 12/19] arch/parisc: Remove trailing whitespaces Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 13/19] arch/parisc: Implement fb_is_primary_device() under arch/parisc Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 14/19] arch/parisc: Implement <asm/fb.h> with generic helpers Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 15/19] arch/powerpc: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 16/19] arch/sh: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 13:02   ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 13:02     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 13:02     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 13:02     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 13:02     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 14:06     ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:06       ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:06       ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:06       ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:06       ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:07       ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:07         ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:07         ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:07         ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:13       ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 14:13         ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 14:13         ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 14:13         ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 14:13         ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 14:16         ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:16           ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:16           ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:16           ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:21   ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 14:21     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 14:21     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 14:21     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 14:21     ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 17/19] arch/sparc: Implement fb_is_primary_device() in source file Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-06-24  1:55   ` [v3,17/19] " Guenter Roeck
2023-06-24  1:55     ` Guenter Roeck
2023-06-24  1:55     ` Guenter Roeck
2023-06-24  1:55     ` Guenter Roeck
2023-06-24  9:27     ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-24  9:27       ` [v3, 17/19] " Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-24  9:27       ` [v3,17/19] " Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-24  9:27       ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-24  9:27       ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-24 13:26       ` Guenter Roeck
2023-06-24 13:26         ` [v3, 17/19] " Guenter Roeck
2023-06-24 13:26         ` [v3,17/19] " Guenter Roeck
2023-06-24 13:26         ` Guenter Roeck
2023-06-24 13:26         ` Guenter Roeck
2023-06-24 14:21         ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-24 14:21           ` [v3, 17/19] " Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-24 14:21           ` [v3,17/19] " Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-24 14:21           ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-24 14:21           ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-28 10:01           ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-28 10:01             ` [v3, 17/19] " Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-28 10:01             ` [v3,17/19] " Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-28 10:01             ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-06-28 10:01             ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 18/19] arch/sparc: Implement <asm/fb.h> with generic helpers Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56 ` [PATCH v3 19/19] arch/x86: " Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 12:56   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-17 14:12 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2023-04-17 14:12   ` [PATCH v3 00/19] arch: Consolidate <asm/fb.h> Arnd Bergmann
2023-04-17 14:12   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-04-17 14:12   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-04-17 14:12   ` Arnd Bergmann
2023-04-18  7:44   ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-18  7:44     ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-18  7:44     ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-18  7:44     ` Thomas Zimmermann
2023-04-19 17:22     ` Helge Deller
2023-04-19 17:22       ` Helge Deller
2023-04-19 17:22       ` Helge Deller
2023-04-19 17:22       ` Helge Deller

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