Re: [PATCH 30/30] fbdev: Make support for userspace interfaces configurable

Geert Uytterhoeven
2023-06-09T11:22:43Z

Hi Thomas,

On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 1:04 PM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> wrote:
> Am 09.06.23 um 11:14 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:
> [...]
> >
> >>> What do you think low-end embedded devices with an out-of-tree[*]
> >>> fbdev driver are using?
> >>
> >> And those do not count either. IIRC Android used to be built on top of
> >> fbdev devices. I'm not sure if they have moved to DRM by now. But
> >> embedded uses dedicated kernels and kernel configs. It's easy for them
> >> to set FB_DEVICE=y. We're not going to take away the fbdev device entirely.
> >
> > The point is that we do not suddenly disable functionality that users
> > may depend on. While "make oldconfig" will show users the new
> > FB_DEVICE question, (and hopefully they'll notice), "make olddefconfig"
> > and "make <foo>_defconfig" won't, possibly causing regressions.
> > Without a suitable default, you should IMHO at least update all
> > defconfigs that enable any fbdev drivers.
>
> Didn't I already say that we should make it "default y" if that's
> preferable in practice?

OK, sorry, I seem to have missed that part.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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