Re: [PATCH 3/3] staging: sm7xxfb: change return of sm7xx_vga_setup

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On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 05:04:14PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 09, 2015 at 07:23:43PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
<snip>
> > > Hm...  That's a good question.
> > > 
> > > I suspect we should just go with fb_get_mode() and do it quickly.  This
> > > driver is so new in the kernel that there are no users to get upset.
> >
> > i am afraid that is not correct. this driver was in staging from long
> > back, and Greg removed it from staging as no one was working with it.
> > But after that removal Lemote Yeeloong laptop of Steven Rostedt
> > stopped working. (https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/11/20/698) , so i guess
> > there will be many such users.
> 
> Hm...  I suspect we should still change it so it matches the other FB
> drivers but I don't know.
> 
> Perhaps Greg has an opinion?
maybe, i should make the change and then we can request Steven Rostedt
to test it on his Lemote Yeeloong. if nothing breaks, then alright,
else revert the patch.

regards
sudip

> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
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