On Thu, 28 Mar 2013, Jesse Barnes wrote: > 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... @@ type of info *info; @@ - info->skip_vt_switch = true; + fb_enable_skip_vt_switch(info); for whatever the type of info is. Then I guess there would be a similar rule for the false case? julia > > 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
