On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 02:09:48PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> Commit 6104c37094e7 ("fbcon: Make fbcon a built-time depency for fbdev")
> changed the FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE Kconfig symbol from tristate to bool.
>
> But the drm_kms_helper_init() function still attempts to load the fbcon
> module, even when this is always built-in since the mentioned change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
Nice catch. Merged to drm-misc-next for 5.16, thanks.
-Daniel
> ---
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper_common.c | 11 -----------
> 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper_common.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper_common.c
> index f933da1656eb..47e92400548d 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper_common.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_kms_helper_common.c
> @@ -64,17 +64,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(edid_firmware,
>
> static int __init drm_kms_helper_init(void)
> {
> - /*
> - * The Kconfig DRM_KMS_HELPER selects FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE (if !EXPERT)
> - * but the module doesn't depend on any fb console symbols. At least
> - * attempt to load fbcon to avoid leaving the system without a usable
> - * console.
> - */
> - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION) &&
> - IS_MODULE(CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE) &&
> - !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EXPERT))
> - request_module_nowait("fbcon");
> -
> return drm_dp_aux_dev_init();
> }
>
> --
> 2.31.1
>
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
http://blog.ffwll.ch
