On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 09:30, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 6:49 PM Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 08/06/2021 18:14, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > > Right now it is inherent to the driver. It is probably possible to drop support > > for video overlay devices if CONFIG_FB=n, but it is not something I have time > > for. It's just a test driver (albeit a very useful test driver), so it is no > > big deal if it is disabled when CONFIG_FB=n. > > Ok, thanks for the reply, makes sense. > > I checked what other consequences there are if we disable CONFIG_FB > and CONFIG_DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER=y in all the defconfigs now, > as the patch from Kees did. > > It appears that the only other arm32 framebuffers that remain are > FB_EFI=y, FB_WM8505=y, FB_MX3=m and FB_SIMPLE=y. FB_SH_MOBILE_LCDC on arm32 too. > As long as simplefb, efifb and xenfb are needed though, we probably > want CONFIG_FB=y anyway and leaving VIVID=m with the dependency > does not cause problems until those are all turned into drm drivers. I will go ahead with this for the v7 defconfig. Cheers, Joel
