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From: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	x86@kernel.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
	David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86: sysfb: fool-proof CONFIG_X86_SYSFB
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 13:38:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1387460330-13989-1-git-send-email-dh.herrmann@gmail.com> (raw)

Turns out, people do not read help-texts of new config-options and enable
them nonetheless. So several reports came in with X86_SYSFB=y and
FB_SIMPLE=n, which in almost all situations prevents firmware-fbs from
being probed.

X86_SYSFB clearly states that it turns legacy vesa/efi framebuffers into a
format compatible to simplefb (and does nothing else..). So to avoid
further complaints about missing gfx-support during boot, simply depend on
FB_SIMPLE now.
As FB_SIMPLE is disabled by default and usually only enabled on selected
ARM architectures, x86 users should thus never see the X86_SYSFB
config-option. And if they do, everything is fine as simplefb will be
available.

Note that most of the sysfb code is enabled independently of X86_SYSFB.
The config option only selects a compatibility mode for simplefb. It was
introduced to ease the transition to SimpleDRM and disabling fbdev. As
this is still ongoing, there's no need for non-developers to care for
X86_SYSFB so just change the help-text recommendation to "n".

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.11+
Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index e903c71..9317ede 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -2298,6 +2298,7 @@ source "drivers/rapidio/Kconfig"
 
 config X86_SYSFB
 	bool "Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer"
+	depends on (FB_SIMPLE = y)
 	help
 	  Firmwares often provide initial graphics framebuffers so the BIOS,
 	  bootloader or kernel can show basic video-output during boot for
@@ -2320,7 +2321,7 @@ config X86_SYSFB
 	  and others enabled as fallback if a system framebuffer is
 	  incompatible with simplefb.
 
-	  If unsure, say Y.
+	  If unsure, say N.
 
 endmenu
 
-- 
1.8.5.1


             reply	other threads:[~2013-12-19 13:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-12-19 13:38 David Herrmann [this message]
2013-12-19 15:40 ` [PATCH] x86: sysfb: fool-proof CONFIG_X86_SYSFB Ingo Molnar
2013-12-19 15:54   ` David Herrmann
2013-12-19 15:58     ` Ingo Molnar
2013-12-19 16:18 ` [PATCH v2] " David Herrmann

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