Re: [PATCH 0/2] Allow disabling all native fbdev drivers and only keeping DRM emulation

Andy Shevchenko
2023-07-03T08:21:49Z

On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 10:29:20PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> writes:
> > On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 07:38:01PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> >> Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> writes:
> >> > On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:51:02AM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> >> >> This patch series splits the fbdev core support in two different Kconfig
> >> >> symbols: FB and FB_CORE. The motivation for this is to allow CONFIG_FB to
> >> >> be disabled, while still having the the core fbdev support needed for the
> >> >> CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION to be enabled. The motivation is automatically
> >> >> disabling all fbdev drivers instead of having to be disabled individually.
> >> >>
> >> >> The reason for doing this is that now with simpledrm, there's no need for
> >> >> the legacy fbdev (e.g: efifb or vesafb) drivers anymore and many distros
> >> >
> >> > How does simpledrm works with earlycon=efi?
> >> >
> >>
> >> simpledrm isn't for earlycon. For that you use a different driver (i.e:
> >> drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c). I'm just talking about fbdev drivers
> >> here that could be replaced by simpledrm.
> >
> > So, efifb can't be replaced. Please, fix your cover letter to reduce false
> > impression of the scope of usage of the simpledrm.
> >
>
> Nothing to fixup.
>
> You are conflating the efifb fbdev driver (drivers/video/fbdev/efifb.c)
> with the efifb earlycon driver (drivers/firmware/efi/earlycon.c). I'm
> talking about the former (which can be replaced by simpledrm) while you
> are talking about the latter.

Ah, this makes sense!

I remember now that it was (still is?) an attempt to move from efifb to
simpledrm, but have no idea what the status of that series is.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko