[PATCH] Allow core fb to be built as a module

[Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>]

I'm starting to get too many patches hanging around. Is there any
reason this one can't be pushed up stream? My next target would be the
sysfs patch.

-- 
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com


diff -Nru a/drivers/video/Kconfig b/drivers/video/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/video/Kconfig	2005-02-17 19:11:37 -05:00
+++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig	2005-02-17 19:11:37 -05:00
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 menu "Graphics support"
 
 config FB
-	bool "Support for frame buffer devices"
+	tristate "Support for frame buffer devices"
 	---help---
 	  The frame buffer device provides an abstraction for the graphics
 	  hardware. It represents the frame buffer of some video hardware and
diff -Nru a/drivers/video/Makefile b/drivers/video/Makefile
--- a/drivers/video/Makefile	2005-02-17 19:11:37 -05:00
+++ b/drivers/video/Makefile	2005-02-17 19:11:37 -05:00
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_LOGO)		  += logo/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSFS)		  += backlight/
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_FB)                  += fbmem.o fbmon.o fbcmap.o
fbsysfs.o modedb.o softcursor.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_FB)                  += fb.o
+fb-y                              := fbmem.o fbmon.o fbcmap.o
fbsysfs.o modedb.o softcursor.o
 # Only include macmodes.o if we have FB support and are PPC
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_FB),y)
-obj-$(CONFIG_PPC)                 += macmodes.o
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_FB),n)
+fb-$(CONFIG_PPC)                  += macmodes.o
 endif
+fb-objs                           := $(fb-y)
 
 # Hardware specific drivers go first
 obj-$(CONFIG_FB_RETINAZ3)         += retz3fb.o
diff -Nru a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c	2005-02-17 19:11:37 -05:00
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c	2005-02-17 19:11:37 -05:00
@@ -1204,7 +1204,22 @@
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+void __exit
+fbmem_exit(void)
+{
+	class_simple_destroy(fb_class);
+}
+
+#ifdef MODULE
+module_init(fbmem_init);
+module_exit(fbmem_exit);
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Framebuffer base");
+#else
 subsys_initcall(fbmem_init);
+subsys_exitcall(fbmem_exit);
+#endif
 
 static char *video_options[FB_MAX];
 static int ofonly;


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