Re: [PATCH] drm/todo: Drop todo item to request memory regions in all fbdev drivers

[Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>]

Hi

>> -Contact: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
>> -
>> -Level: Starter
> I am not really against keeping this item. But as the related changes
> are not pure refactorings, and cause a change in behavior, they _must_
> be tested on actual hardware.  I guess making that explicit would be a
> bit silly (heck, all changes should be tested).  And bumping the level
> to intermediate might send the wrong message, too (starters don't need
> to test? Doh...)
>
> Thomas: do we still any hardware for which there exist both DRM and
> fbdev drivers, and the resource management is missing in the fbdev
> drivers?

See my other reply on why this item exists. It's also about hand-over 
during boot up, which could affect any/most driver.

We can remove the item now, if that helps, but it might lead to other 
bug reports later on.

Best regards
Thomas



>
>> -
>>   Remove driver dependencies on FB_DEVICE
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>>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                          Geert
>

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