From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (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 EECC11519B4; Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:03:22 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767081804; cv=none; b=Lv8yAjBA5N/xxQHF1cGeBCScyHHVcKXABN5VAmfA4I6TxQXPnNvby7OkptuGhW+O3y9r+Xqzha9Xiqub+NDsFTpY+oVKn/Ln1wqNWhWVc/TfQ1z0ybZ6sksfEX3G59vaOVnvJILxeMycKsxbhoyY+cfDxstxL9Wb/fhyH8ZLKFc= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1767081804; c=relaxed/simple; bh=MnoVGy5Tz+lUwmL6CZGk3fOQGjOOkJNy2JVQWRXNHVw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=gMPnadffTSZsVvknVgdnJ7DkOXd4uUBPXT+Gqkc6NhDmkX5kucVrDR6IiprFWdjzM7oHlQrPVihYWFIxrRXKFAbp2OLPIU6hcuF/WXGpCN6cD7Pz8ohe4Rbv1BSVdfe514tXJV31uQsijMPVmbHqrlN2Or0UXdPtUOAeO1r7s7E= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=gUJx4hTS; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="gUJx4hTS" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8AF5FC4CEFB; Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:03:20 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1767081802; bh=MnoVGy5Tz+lUwmL6CZGk3fOQGjOOkJNy2JVQWRXNHVw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=gUJx4hTSWFRRsSlOL8Z7Vo8XO8XNCdeYUGXsGdHi+2wpydMT1xsFsGlvvep6ut5Ik 4fMrYviaETqevMxQUspTBn73pM9HVnVw8u3I4D2y0AmVrW0xpIUwGbV6QLrOHoUGEQ o2xaey82bIk502tsW5kUeNsUv1nvjXjqvjkJlqgMhxYXAkekRKs17tiQh0M0pZMW0Y jacHW2mqCKjB75KCkrAaXTeQMj+rXm2vKezngJYM4NhbxPvFrniSEpupfcSuhrdR4+ nvc2VeV9grZXUTmcI/u/7sXYIXXLkhdoGQdNxqvJgWelTMxzjy1+ly7S6alA+V1ZBJ GgIgORWttG/mA== Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:03:17 +0100 From: Helge Deller 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 Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] staging: fbtft: Make FB_DEVICE dependency optional Message-ID: References: <20251230052827.4676-1-chintanlike@gmail.com> <20251230052827.4676-3-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=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20251230052827.4676-3-chintanlike@gmail.com> * Chintan Patel : > fbtft provides sysfs interfaces for debugging and gamma configuration, > but these are not required for the core driver. > > Drop the hard dependency on CONFIG_FB_DEVICE and make sysfs support > optional by using dev_of_fbinfo() at runtime. When FB_DEVICE is disabled, > sysfs operations are skipped while the code remains buildable and > type-checked. > > Suggested-by: Thomas Zimmermann > Suggested-by: Helge Deller > Signed-off-by: Chintan Patel Reviewed-by: Helge Deller