From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB852CAC593 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:52:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 288BB10EB9B; Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:52:40 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: gabe.freedesktop.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=linux.microsoft.com header.i=@linux.microsoft.com header.b="iOjBxLLE"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from linux.microsoft.com (linux.microsoft.com [13.77.154.182]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D77510E0E1 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:23:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [100.79.161.103] (unknown [4.194.122.170]) by linux.microsoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5CE272018E5D; Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:23:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 linux.microsoft.com 5CE272018E5D DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.microsoft.com; s=default; t=1757607813; bh=arLDBMZWQoXZroeZ9H6nkMPHxADGvPDE1QVRgov0vS0=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=iOjBxLLERQ8kHRO+uJZm+wBvlUyBiJv3iQhlxw66sQtZxCxII4MXqytNQQ/LxWowz RtCayYSGIQF55cFkcJWKVqYl4m8hseA1opAD//EPAfsgcSPkO3hTFy4v/2Z/n+iU7J 85Plb5pDvuA0tzwvspAsdCCnOFqCveUM0riYKfg4= Message-ID: Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:53:27 +0530 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3] fbdev: hyperv_fb: Remove hyperv_fb driver To: Thomas Zimmermann , deller@gmx.de, arnd@arndb.de, soci@c64.rulez.org, gonzalo.silvalde@gmail.com, rdunlap@infradead.org, bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org, wei.liu@kernel.org, mhklinux@outlook.com, ssengar@linux.microsoft.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org References: <1757437112-2509-1-git-send-email-ptsm@linux.microsoft.com> <8a958fe8-fbba-4bd6-a79d-fd310f08f8d7@suse.de> Content-Language: en-US From: Prasanna Kumar T S M In-Reply-To: <8a958fe8-fbba-4bd6-a79d-fd310f08f8d7@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:52:23 +0000 X-BeenThere: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Direct Rendering Infrastructure - Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" Hi Thomas, On 10-09-2025 15:06, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > Hi > > Am 09.09.25 um 18:58 schrieb Prasanna Kumar T S M: >> The Hyper-V DRM driver is available since kernel version 5.14 and >> provides full KMS support along with fbdev emulation via the DRM fbdev >> helpers. This makes the hyperv_fb driver redundant, remove it. > > I'm all for removing obsolete drivers. But hyperv_drm likely first needs > to merge the patch at https://lore.kernel.org/dri- > devel/20250904145806.430568-5-tzimmermann@suse.de/ It's been tested and > works well. If maintainers from Microsoft have a look at the patch > first, we could possibly land it fairly soon. > I will test those patches on Hyper-V and share the result. > Best regards > Thomas >