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Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:21:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dovecot-director2.suse.de ([2a07:de40:b281:106:10:150:64:167]) by imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org with ESMTPSA id RJp+BWGcM2o+awAAD6G6ig (envelope-from ); Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:21:05 +0000 Message-ID: <1ec067ee-a8ab-4249-95df-280eba42fef4@suse.de> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:21:04 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: sysfb: Mark CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB as deprecated To: Julian Braha , javierm@redhat.com, sima@ffwll.ch, airlied@gmail.com Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20260617081810.218168-1-tzimmermann@suse.de> <7da7d892-3b3c-4f83-b3b0-93eafe14e15e@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Thomas Zimmermann Autocrypt: addr=tzimmermann@suse.de; keydata= xsBNBFs50uABCADEHPidWt974CaxBVbrIBwqcq/WURinJ3+2WlIrKWspiP83vfZKaXhFYsdg XH47fDVbPPj+d6tQrw5lPQCyqjwrCPYnq3WlIBnGPJ4/jreTL6V+qfKRDlGLWFjZcsrPJGE0 BeB5BbqP5erN1qylK9i3gPoQjXGhpBpQYwRrEyQyjuvk+Ev0K1Jc5tVDeJAuau3TGNgah4Yc hdHm3bkPjz9EErV85RwvImQ1dptvx6s7xzwXTgGAsaYZsL8WCwDaTuqFa1d1jjlaxg6+tZsB 9GluwvIhSezPgnEmimZDkGnZRRSFiGP8yjqTjjWuf0bSj5rUnTGiyLyRZRNGcXmu6hjlABEB AAHNJ1Rob21hcyBaaW1tZXJtYW5uIDx0emltbWVybWFubkBzdXNlLmRlPsLAjgQTAQgAOAIb AwULCQgHAgYVCgkICwIEFgIDAQIeAQIXgBYhBHIX+6yM6c9jRKFo5WgNwR1TC3ojBQJftODH AAoJEGgNwR1TC3ojx1wH/0hKGWugiqDgLNXLRD/4TfHBEKmxIrmfu9Z5t7vwUKfwhFL6hqvo lXPJJKQpQ2z8+X2vZm/slsLn7J1yjrOsoJhKABDi+3QWWSGkaGwRJAdPVVyJMfJRNNNIKwVb U6B1BkX2XDKDGffF4TxlOpSQzdtNI/9gleOoUA8+jy8knnDYzjBNOZqLG2FuTdicBXblz0Mf vg41gd9kCwYXDnD91rJU8tzylXv03E75NCaTxTM+FBXPmsAVYQ4GYhhgFt8S2UWMoaaABLDe 7l5FdnLdDEcbmd8uLU2CaG4W2cLrUaI4jz2XbkcPQkqTQ3EB67hYkjiEE6Zy3ggOitiQGcqp j//OwE0EWznS4AEIAMYmP4M/V+T5RY5at/g7rUdNsLhWv1APYrh9RQefODYHrNRHUE9eosYb T6XMryR9hT8XlGOYRwKWwiQBoWSDiTMo/Xi29jUnn4BXfI2px2DTXwc22LKtLAgTRjP+qbU6 3Y0xnQN29UGDbYgyyK51DW3H0If2a3JNsheAAK+Xc9baj0LGIc8T9uiEWHBnCH+RdhgATnWW GKdDegUR5BkDfDg5O/FISymJBHx2Dyoklv5g4BzkgqTqwmaYzsl8UxZKvbaxq0zbehDda8lv hFXodNFMAgTLJlLuDYOGLK2AwbrS3Sp0AEbkpdJBb44qVlGm5bApZouHeJ/+n+7r12+lqdsA EQEAAcLAdgQYAQgAIAIbDBYhBHIX+6yM6c9jRKFo5WgNwR1TC3ojBQJftOH6AAoJEGgNwR1T C3ojVSkIALpAPkIJPQoURPb1VWjh34l0HlglmYHvZszJWTXYwavHR8+k6Baa6H7ufXNQtThR yIxJrQLW6rV5lm7TjhffEhxVCn37+cg0zZ3j7zIsSS0rx/aMwi6VhFJA5hfn3T0TtrijKP4A SAQO9xD1Zk9/61JWk8OysuIh7MXkl0fxbRKWE93XeQBhIJHQfnc+YBLprdnxR446Sh8Wn/2D Ya8cavuWf2zrB6cZurs048xe0UbSW5AOSo4V9M0jzYI4nZqTmPxYyXbm30Kvmz0rYVRaitYJ 4kyYYMhuULvrJDMjZRvaNe52tkKAvMevcGdt38H4KSVXAylqyQOW5zvPc4/sq9c= In-Reply-To: <7da7d892-3b3c-4f83-b3b0-93eafe14e15e@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.30 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.30 / 50.00]; BAYES_HAM(-3.00)[100.00%]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.20)[-0.999]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com,redhat.com,ffwll.ch]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCPT_COUNT_SEVEN(0.00)[7]; FUZZY_RATELIMITED(0.00)[rspamd.com]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVRCPT(0.00)[gmail.com]; DKIM_SIGNED(0.00)[suse.de:s=susede2_rsa,suse.de:s=susede2_ed25519]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DBL_BLOCKED_OPENRESOLVER(0.00)[suse.com:url,suse.de:mid,imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org:helo] X-Spam-Level: Hi Am 17.06.26 um 18:45 schrieb Julian Braha: > Hi Thomas, > > On 6/17/26 09:17, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: >> Mark CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB as deprecated. Enabling it allows to >> config SYSFB_SIMPLEFB >> - bool "Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer" >> + bool "Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer (deprecated)" > In v2, I think it also makes sense to add the 'transitional' attribute > to the Kconfig entry to help phase it out. > > Also see this patch message for an explanation of 'transitional': > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250923213422.1105654-2-kees@kernel.org/ Thanks for this pointer; I wasn't aware of this feature. This will be really useful to not accidentally leave users without display output. I've played with the option, but it does not work are purely as shown in the example. I think it's because EFIDRM and VESADRM are existing options. So they already have a value. What I did instead was to add new internal config options. They depend on the now-transitional SYSFB_SIMPLEFB and select the correct drivers. Once SYSFB_SIMPLEFB goes away, these options can go away as well. Best regards Thomas > > - Julian Braha > -- -- Thomas Zimmermann Graphics Driver Developer SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, Werner Knoblich, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)