Re: [PATCH 0/3] drm: Move several files from DRM core into modules

[Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>]

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 03:19:38PM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Move a number of files into modules and behind config options.
> 
> So far, early boot graphics was provided by fbdev. With simpledrm, and
> possibly other generic DRM drivers, it's now possible to have general
> early-boot output with DRM. This requires the DRM core to be linked into
> the kernel binary image.
> 
> The reduction in size here is only ~1%, but the patchset is part of a
> larger effort to reduce the size of the DRM core module.
> 
> Thomas Zimmermann (3):
>   drm: Build drm_irq.o only if CONFIG_DRM_LEGACY has been set
>   drm: Link several object files into drm_kms_helper.ko
>   drm: Move GEM memory managers into modules

Assuming it all compiles still in all combos, on the series:

Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>
> 
>  drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig                |  4 ++--
>  drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile               | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_cma_helper.c   |  4 ++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_gem_shmem_helper.c |  4 ++++
>  drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c              |  2 --
>  5 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> --
> 2.33.0
> 

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