Re: [RFC 1/6] drm: Add top level Kconfig option for DRM fbdev emulation

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On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:04:45AM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Benjamin Gaignard
>> <benjamin.gaignard@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I think that what have been done by Rob with module_param is also a good idea:
>> > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c?id=e90dfec78ec288d6c89a7b508a5c5d4ae8b7f934
>> >
>> > Can you mix compilation flag and module param ?
>>
>> Hm, the point of the kconfig is to not require all the legacy baggage
>> from fbdev. But I guess a module option could be added later on too.
>> bochs has it too.
>
> I think the option would primarily be useful for testing. I've often
> needed to test modesetting code without fbdev getting in the way and the
> only way to currently do that is by recompiling with legacy fbdev
> disabled. The option would allow an fbdev-enabled kernel to be used but
> disable the fbdev code if desired.

and for debugging.. when things are going wrong it's nice for the
first modeset to not happen under console_lock ;-)

BR,
-R

> Thierry
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