Hi Archit, I tested fbdev_emulation module param and it works fine for the sti driver. I will abandon my patch and integrate yours. And if you don't mind, I will update your patch to remove the #ifdef CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION. Thanks Vincent Reviewed-by: Vincent Abriou <vincent.abriou@xxxxxx> On 10/30/2015 11:25 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 02:33:02PM +0100, Vincent ABRIOU wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am fine with your proposal to remove DRM_STI_FBDEV but I would like to >> be able to enable it by a module parameter. This is what I propose in >> "[PATCH 1/1] drm/sti: enable fbdev compatibility through module param" > > We already have support to enable/disable fbdev at runtime in the helper, > see > > commit f64c5573d253ab3f9c01b4056c5f75a889d18502 > Author: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@xxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue Aug 25 15:45:13 2015 +0200 > > drm/fb-helper: Add module option to disable fbdev emulation > > Cheers, Daniel >> >> BR >> Vincent >> >> On 10/27/2015 09:10 AM, Archit Taneja wrote: >>> DRM_STI_FBDEV config is currently used to enable/disable fbdev emulation >>> for the sti kms driver. >>> >>> Remove this local config option and use the top level DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION >>> config option instead where applicable. >>> >>> We replace the #ifdef in sti_drm_load with CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION. >>> It's probably okay to get remove the #ifdef itself, but just left it here >>> for now to be safe. It can be removed after some testing. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Archit Taneja <architt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> drivers/gpu/drm/sti/Kconfig | 6 ------ >>> drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c | 2 +- >>> 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/Kconfig >>> index fbccc10..e3aa5af 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/Kconfig >>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/Kconfig >>> @@ -9,9 +9,3 @@ config DRM_STI >>> select FW_LOADER_USER_HELPER_FALLBACK >>> help >>> Choose this option to enable DRM on STM stiH41x chipset >>> - >>> -config DRM_STI_FBDEV >>> - bool "DRM frame buffer device for STMicroelectronics SoC stiH41x Serie" >>> - depends on DRM_STI >>> - help >>> - Choose this option to enable FBDEV on top of DRM for STM stiH41x chipset >>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c >>> index f846996..1b2db6c 100644 >>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c >>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drv.c >>> @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ static int sti_load(struct drm_device *dev, unsigned long flags) >>> >>> drm_mode_config_reset(dev); >>> >>> -#ifdef CONFIG_DRM_STI_FBDEV >>> +#ifdef CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION >>> drm_fbdev_cma_init(dev, 32, >>> dev->mode_config.num_crtc, >>> dev->mode_config.num_connector); >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> dri-devel mailing list >> dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel > _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel