Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Hello Randy,
> On 8/4/23 05:51, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> The commit c242f48433e7 ("drm: Make FB_CORE to be selected if DRM fbdev
>> emulation is enabled") changed DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION from 'depends on FB'
>> to an effective 'select FB_CORE', so any config that previously had DRM=y
>> and FB=n now has FB_CORE=y and FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y.
>>
>> This leads to unmet direct dependencies detected for FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
>> as reported by Arthur Grillo, e.g:
>>
>> WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
>> Depends on [n]: VT [=n] && FB_CORE [=y] && !UML [=y]
>> Selected by [y]:
>> - DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION [=y] && HAS_IOMEM [=y] && DRM [=y] && !EXPERT [=n]
>>
>> Arnd Bergmann suggests to drop the select FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE for the
>> DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION Kconfig symbol, since a possible use case could
>> be to enable DRM fbdev emulation but without a framebuffer console.
>>
>> Fixes: c242f48433e7 ("drm: Make FB_CORE to be selected if DRM fbdev emulation is enabled")
>> Reported-by: Arthur Grillo <arthurgrillo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20230726220325.278976-1-arthurgrillo@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> # build-tested
>
I have already pushed this patch so I won't be able to add these tags but
thanks a lot for testing and confirming that the patch fixes your issue!
> Thanks.
>
>
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Best regards,
Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat
