From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linux.microsoft.com (linux.microsoft.com [13.77.154.182]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49D2536209B; Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:23:34 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=13.77.154.182 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1757607815; cv=none; b=mxP3B8xz1lIdYsiYu6m2NgrvLrWQN1TpkF915gkOKyjrKm97mbOrg1aRd6ugGyAf4mgE2Ik4izafgb1NSDqeEE1THNZROlNe+niZLCj/MwlxNzwm3DfOPVJYTsud6uInnbBTem+G2fj9wZLIArcqQlJmFsaT8owY6xlMKKpDv0M= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1757607815; c=relaxed/simple; bh=F0v+nws63Z6NUa9x4RxbE9FPclfYj/nCBDPLwaHkMPE=; h=Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:References:From: In-Reply-To:Content-Type; b=N6jH4lVCpxGjEShxEfKFa0ht4wSNfkLiXi85q97LFcVzZEDdEM7PJpz7ykHuimSzz9uTVf7EBQun0YpwBbvoTUn+DupH5Br/+twuzDwLKh9d3lajcI5NwPfWy8AzRLRSXD3Lc0xSFfnOSuOgKw6O3jZRvoia6gf5HFX/DOrpUiw= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.microsoft.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.microsoft.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.microsoft.com header.i=@linux.microsoft.com header.b=iOjBxLLE; arc=none smtp.client-ip=13.77.154.182 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.microsoft.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.microsoft.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.microsoft.com header.i=@linux.microsoft.com header.b="iOjBxLLE" Received: from [100.79.161.103] (unknown [4.194.122.170]) by linux.microsoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5CE272018E5D; Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:23:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 linux.microsoft.com 5CE272018E5D DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.microsoft.com; s=default; t=1757607813; bh=arLDBMZWQoXZroeZ9H6nkMPHxADGvPDE1QVRgov0vS0=; h=Date:Subject:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:From; b=iOjBxLLERQ8kHRO+uJZm+wBvlUyBiJv3iQhlxw66sQtZxCxII4MXqytNQQ/LxWowz RtCayYSGIQF55cFkcJWKVqYl4m8hseA1opAD//EPAfsgcSPkO3hTFy4v/2Z/n+iU7J 85Plb5pDvuA0tzwvspAsdCCnOFqCveUM0riYKfg4= Message-ID: Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 21:53:27 +0530 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3] fbdev: hyperv_fb: Remove hyperv_fb driver To: Thomas Zimmermann , deller@gmx.de, arnd@arndb.de, soci@c64.rulez.org, gonzalo.silvalde@gmail.com, rdunlap@infradead.org, bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org, wei.liu@kernel.org, mhklinux@outlook.com, ssengar@linux.microsoft.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org References: <1757437112-2509-1-git-send-email-ptsm@linux.microsoft.com> <8a958fe8-fbba-4bd6-a79d-fd310f08f8d7@suse.de> Content-Language: en-US From: Prasanna Kumar T S M In-Reply-To: <8a958fe8-fbba-4bd6-a79d-fd310f08f8d7@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Thomas, On 10-09-2025 15:06, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > Hi > > Am 09.09.25 um 18:58 schrieb Prasanna Kumar T S M: >> The Hyper-V DRM driver is available since kernel version 5.14 and >> provides full KMS support along with fbdev emulation via the DRM fbdev >> helpers. This makes the hyperv_fb driver redundant, remove it. > > I'm all for removing obsolete drivers. But hyperv_drm likely first needs > to merge the patch at https://lore.kernel.org/dri- > devel/20250904145806.430568-5-tzimmermann@suse.de/ It's been tested and > works well. If maintainers from Microsoft have a look at the patch > first, we could possibly land it fairly soon. > I will test those patches on Hyper-V and share the result. > Best regards > Thomas >