On Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:04:26 -0700 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The new commit by Jesse that extended the fb_info with a skip_vt_switch > element is the simplest example of a data structure expansion. We'd backport > this by adding a static inline to compat so that new kernels muck with the > new element and for older kernels this would be a no-op. This reduces the > size of the backport and unclutters the required patch with #idefs, and > insteads leaves only a replacement of the usage of the new elements with > a static inline, this however would still be required on our end: > > - info->skip_vt_switch = true; > + fb_enable_skip_vt_switch(info); > > So we'd then have to just add this static inline change for each new driver... > There may be a way to get SmPL to do this for us... Yeah I'm not attached to the direct structure reference; a couple of inlines are just as easy to read. So no argument from me. Thanks, -- Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fbdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
