From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev sysfs imrovements Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:58:07 -0800 Message-ID: <20070326195807.184474d7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HW2pa-0003F8-36 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:58:46 -0700 Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.24]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.44) id 1HW2pZ-0006Uj-C3 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:58:46 -0700 In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: James Simmons Cc: Linux Fbdev development list , "Antonino A. Daplas" , Dave Airlie , Greg KH , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Uytterhoeven , Geert@sc8-sf-spam2.sourceforge.net On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:25:49 +0000 (GMT) James Simmons wrote: > This patch does several things to allow the underlying hardware to be > shared amount many devices. The most important thing is the use of > the created device via device_create instead of the hardware device. No > longer should fbdev drivers use the xxx_set_drvdata with the parent > bus device. The second change is having a bus independent power management > for the framebuffer driver. The final change is using the release method > to cleanup the device. The reason again is to make the fbdev driver > independent of the bus parent device. Feedback is welcomed. Causes an early crash on the powermac G5. http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/s5000489.jpg (the oops is the usual powerpc mess) config at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/config-g5.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV