Re: Howto consolidate xgifb (staging) with sisfb

[Thomas Winischhofer <thomas@winischhofer.net>]

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Peter Hüwe wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm currently trying to improve the xgifb driver from staging a bit and my 
> final goal is to probably merge this driver with the sis driver (as both card 
> families seem to have a lot in common).
> 
> However I'm a little bit unsure how to proceed here.
> 
> e.g. the sis and the xgifb driver have some nearly duplicated functions in 
> common, e.g.
> static void XGIfb_bpp_to_var(struct xgifb_video_info *xgifb_info, 			     
> struct fb_var_screeninfo *var)
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git;a=blob;f=drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c;hb=HEAD#l769
> 
> and 
> static void sisfb_bpp_to_var(struct sis_video_info *ivideo, struct 
> fb_var_screeninfo *var)
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git;a=blob;f=drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c;hb=HEAD#l1129
> 
> 
> have the same semantics. (the only difference is the _video_info struct).
> 
> -> Is there a way the xgifb driver can call the function from sis?  (I know 
> it's static and not EXPORT_SYMBOL'ed)
> Or how would you prepare the consolidation here ? 
> (e.g. make the functions identical? and when the merge get's done sometime 
> simply remove the duplicate?)
> 
> 
> 
> And how would you proceed with functions that are nearly identical (but each 
> function is missing some bits from the other card)
> e.g. 
> static int sisfb_get_fix(struct fb_fix_screeninfo *fix, int con, struct 
> fb_info *info)
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git;a=blob;f=drivers/video/sis/sis_main.c;hb=HEAD#l1839
> and 
> static int XGIfb_get_fix(struct fb_fix_screeninfo *fix, int con,  struct 
> fb_info *info)
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git;a=blob;f=drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c;hb=HEAD#l1365
> could be easily merged, but in which direction? Add the new code to directly 
> to sis or 'backport' sis stuff to xgifb? or both (i.e. make them identical 
> like in the first case?)
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter
> 
> 

I seem to remember that sisfb supported most of the XGI cards
(V3XT/V5/V8, Z7) as well.... What can xgifb do that sisfb can't? Merging
the blobs to support the Z9 and Z11 IMHO doesn't justify a separate driver.

Regards
Thomas

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