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? > now disable them. But it would simplify the config a lot fo have a single > Kconfig symbol to disable all fbdev drivers. > > I've build tested with possible combinations of CONFIG_FB, CONFIG_FB_CORE, > CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION and CONFIG_FB_DEVICE symbols set to 'y' or 'n'. > > Patch 1/2 makes the CONFIG_FB split that is mentioned above and patch 2/2 > makes DRM fbdev emulation depend on the new FB_CORE symbol instead of FB. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
