From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
To: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>,
Prasanna Kumar T S M <ptsm@linux.microsoft.com>,
"linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org"
<dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
"linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org>,
"ssengar@linux.microsoft.com" <ssengar@linux.microsoft.com>,
"wei.liu@kernel.org" <wei.liu@kernel.org>,
"kys@microsoft.com" <kys@microsoft.com>,
"haiyangz@microsoft.com" <haiyangz@microsoft.com>,
"decui@microsoft.com" <decui@microsoft.com>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: video: fbdev: Remove hyperv_fb driver
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 20:21:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e7360fcd-d507-4272-8215-89b15a797b41@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SN6PR02MB415706E623885B4173D238AFD4BBA@SN6PR02MB4157.namprd02.prod.outlook.com>
On 1/2/26 20:17, Michael Kelley wrote:
> From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Sent: Friday, January 2, 2026 11:11 AM
>>
>> On 1/2/26 18:45, Michael Kelley wrote:
>>> From: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 1:07 AM
>>>>
>>>> On 12/27/25 05:24, Prasanna Kumar T S M wrote:
>>>>> The HyperV DRM driver is available since 5.14. This makes the hyperv_fb
>>>>> driver redundant, remove it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Prasanna Kumar T S M <ptsm@linux.microsoft.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> MAINTAINERS | 10 -
>>>>> drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig | 11 -
>>>>> drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile | 1 -
>>>>> drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c | 1388 -------------------------------
>>>>> 4 files changed, 1410 deletions(-)
>>>>> delete mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
>>>>
>>>> applied to fbdev git tree.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Helge -- it looks like you picked up only this patch of the three-patch series.
>>> The other two patches of the series are fixing up comments that referenc
>>> the hyperv_fb driver, and they affect the DRM and Hyper-V subsystems. Just
>>> want to make sure those maintainers pick up the other two patches if that's
>>> your intent.
>>
>> Since the patches #2 and #3 only fix comments, I've now applied both to
>> the fbdev tree as well. If there will be conflicts (e.g. if maintainers pick up too),
>> I can easily drop them again.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Helge
>
> Any chance you can fix the typo in the Subject line of the 3rd patch?
> "drm/hyprev" should be "drm/hyperv".
Sure. Fixed now.
Thanks!
Helge
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-02 19:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-27 4:24 [PATCH 1/3] drivers: video: fbdev: Remove hyperv_fb driver Prasanna Kumar T S M
2025-12-27 4:27 ` [PATCH 2/3] drivers: hv: vmbus_drv: Remove reference to hpyerv_fb Prasanna Kumar T S M
2025-12-27 4:31 ` [PATCH 3/3] drm/hyprev: Remove reference to hyperv_fb driver Prasanna Kumar T S M
2026-01-02 17:45 ` Michael Kelley
2025-12-30 9:06 ` [PATCH 1/3] drivers: video: fbdev: Remove " Helge Deller
2026-01-02 17:45 ` Michael Kelley
2026-01-02 19:10 ` Helge Deller
2026-01-02 19:17 ` Michael Kelley
2026-01-02 19:21 ` Helge Deller [this message]
2026-01-02 19:23 ` Michael Kelley
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