From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@intel.com>
To: Chintan Patel <chintanlike@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, tzimmermann@suse.de,
andy@kernel.org, deller@gmx.de, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] fbdev: Make CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional for drivers
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:33:58 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aVO4pslXIvnc00J3@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251230052827.4676-1-chintanlike@gmail.com>
On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 09:28:18PM -0800, Chintan Patel wrote:
> This series makes CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional for fbdev drivers that use
> it only for sysfs interfaces, addressing Thomas Zimmermann’s TODO to
> remove hard FB_DEVICE dependencies.
>
> The series introduces a small helper, dev_of_fbinfo(), which returns
> NULL when CONFIG_FB_DEVICE=n. This allows sysfs code paths to be skipped
> via runtime checks, avoids #ifdef CONFIG_FB_DEVICE clutter, and keeps
> full compile-time syntax checking.
> Signed-off-by: Chintan Patel <chintanlike@gmail.com>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Use PTR_IF() to conditionally include overlay_sysfs_group in
> overlay_sysfs_groups
> - Decouple variable definition and assignment in fbtft_sysfs_init/exit
Any particular reasons you ignored my tag from v2?
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-30 11:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-30 5:28 [PATCH v3 0/4] fbdev: Make CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional for drivers Chintan Patel
2025-12-30 5:28 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] fb: Add dev_of_fbinfo() helper for optional sysfs support Chintan Patel
2025-12-30 8:01 ` Helge Deller
2025-12-30 5:28 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] staging: fbtft: Make FB_DEVICE dependency optional Chintan Patel
2025-12-30 8:03 ` Helge Deller
2025-12-30 5:28 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] fbdev: omapfb: " Chintan Patel
2025-12-30 8:05 ` Helge Deller
2025-12-30 11:37 ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-12-30 18:01 ` Chintan Patel
2025-12-30 22:42 ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-12-30 5:28 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] fbdev: sh_mobile_lcdc: " Chintan Patel
2025-12-30 8:13 ` Helge Deller
2025-12-30 18:25 ` Chintan Patel
2026-01-03 9:59 ` Helge Deller
2026-01-03 13:15 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-06 5:07 ` Chintan Patel
2025-12-30 11:35 ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-12-30 10:42 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] fbdev: Make CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional for drivers Geert Uytterhoeven
2025-12-30 11:33 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2025-12-30 17:59 ` Chintan Patel
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