From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [198.175.65.12]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 415F32DA74C; Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:34:03 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.175.65.12 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767094446; cv=none; b=sKZfDU2kBPsdsicUxAc4srShPa6U4Ic7I4V/5MzZwHdC8iRp4UKmbDO+FwHw66N01w7cp/qQebO5C7mLQycsPV711IUeP01O8WKBhwlxmH5Dk9Ee8PdbU/XnrIhzPf0EdytrbxLJxWIjDhcfnLsQAZKrYhme43f2XO5b4Z4Ruio= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767094446; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Cbe+8bPo4xtiKIpnJiQxtHfRAryAeLaAaMe/2CqZYlc=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=lJxlF4tLjLW6O1EvDmnrbMJrNQgnVgJbmaHy8Nrn00+0XEXY2f0Uv54ErwLr28lJND4q7LPo1ofE0mc/x72k2rxlc2lKvvyMlSXExuTGRH2u4lrRaw3L5K7emski2S2j/UtYzVNHWk9GaQqAA+W08/sK0c1bGiCNlPcw9eCZt1E= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=Xrr47NvY; arc=none smtp.client-ip=198.175.65.12 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="Xrr47NvY" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1767094444; x=1798630444; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to; bh=Cbe+8bPo4xtiKIpnJiQxtHfRAryAeLaAaMe/2CqZYlc=; b=Xrr47NvYUl9wCBUFTszzY6PyD+J4L99ypiXRuGdZItoT9BFSkukQFek2 okHfzHibJ1njuuune3cNHcvbP0PNVjb3hOy3RyoL5A3bt8X/bAFMAmrKy uEigd9zAZGo8elG8rrev111oU05SLUBGKxBzsC78+h4cMubfnN5i8+vPm 8ZU2iLnrEkOi7zcw7GcmwDKjCBHdN0FQVP9yAf2IM1tKsxPtchrqB8HUN 37lxLUJzNao698W2ie1e/B0/OLS3Ixz3fkPZiKKayk+HIBZq/e0vEuTXU Iv+vEk4PwQMtLzNn1vE0MWo8nojBKN3HtXs0VLMoojcJ/jZLm9g1Ti0R5 w==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: ucVrHYJrQGuc2lq+2kfa5g== X-CSE-MsgGUID: EfqUsjGZR0abKip+3kZF6A== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11656"; a="80134433" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,188,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="80134433" Received: from fmviesa005.fm.intel.com ([10.60.135.145]) by orvoesa104.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 30 Dec 2025 03:34:03 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: ygyrfsbRQA+ybPTCbdlPSg== X-CSE-MsgGUID: GL0VmTBwQJexoBqoyHeidA== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,188,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="205676780" Received: from egrumbac-mobl6.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO localhost) ([10.245.245.103]) by fmviesa005-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 30 Dec 2025 03:34:00 -0800 Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 13:33:58 +0200 From: Andy Shevchenko To: Chintan Patel Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-omap@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, tzimmermann@suse.de, andy@kernel.org, deller@gmx.de, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] fbdev: Make CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional for drivers Message-ID: References: <20251230052827.4676-1-chintanlike@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20251230052827.4676-1-chintanlike@gmail.com> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - c/o Alberga Business Park, 6 krs, Bertel Jungin Aukio 5, 02600 Espoo On Mon, Dec 29, 2025 at 09:28:18PM -0800, Chintan Patel wrote: > This series makes CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional for fbdev drivers that use > it only for sysfs interfaces, addressing Thomas Zimmermann’s TODO to > remove hard FB_DEVICE dependencies. > > The series introduces a small helper, dev_of_fbinfo(), which returns > NULL when CONFIG_FB_DEVICE=n. This allows sysfs code paths to be skipped > via runtime checks, avoids #ifdef CONFIG_FB_DEVICE clutter, and keeps > full compile-time syntax checking. > Signed-off-by: Chintan Patel > --- > Changes in v3: > - Use PTR_IF() to conditionally include overlay_sysfs_group in > overlay_sysfs_groups > - Decouple variable definition and assignment in fbtft_sysfs_init/exit Any particular reasons you ignored my tag from v2? -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko