Re: [PATCH 02/20] drm/arc: Use drm_fbdev_generic_setup()

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Hi Noralf,

On Mon, 2018-10-01 at 14:05 +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> 
> Den 01.10.2018 09.56, skrev Alexey Brodkin:
> > Hi Noralf,
> > 
> > On Fri, 2018-09-28 at 12:42 +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> > > Den 28.09.2018 09.34, skrev Alexey Brodkin:
> > > > Hi Noralf,
> > > > 
> > > > On Sat, 2018-09-08 at 15:46 +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> > > > > The CMA helper is already using the drm_fb_helper_generic_probe part of
> > > > > the generic fbdev emulation. This patch makes full use of the generic
> > > > > fbdev emulation by using its drm_client callbacks. This means that
> > > > > drm_mode_config_funcs->output_poll_changed and drm_driver->lastclose are
> > > > > now handled by the emulation code. Additionally fbdev unregister happens
> > > > > automatically on drm_dev_unregister().
> > > > > 
> > > > > The drm_fbdev_generic_setup() call is put after drm_dev_register() in the
> > > > > driver. This is done to highlight the fact that fbdev emulation is an
> > > > > internal client that makes use of the driver, it is not part of the
> > > > > driver as such. If fbdev setup fails, an error is printed, but the driver
> > > > > succeeds probing.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Cc: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks for doing that!
> > > > Quite some code removed from the driver and still FBDEV emulation works :)
> > > 
> > > Yeah we're down to one line of code in the driver to get fbdev emulation
> > > which is quite nice a think :D
> > 
> > Exactly!
> > 
> > And just to not lose this nice improvement - do I need to pull this through
> > my tree or entire series will be merged in main DRM tree?
> 
> I apply the patches to drm-misc-next when I get acks.
> Unless the maintainer wants to take it himself.
> So, yes I'll apply this one :-)

Cool! thanks for doing that!

-Alexey
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