Hi Laurent,
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 1:22 PM Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 12:19:33PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > As of commit f611b1e7624ccdbd ("drm: Avoid circular dependencies for
> > CONFIG_FB"), CONFIG_FB is no longer auto-enabled.
> >
> > Restore support for graphical consoles by enabling it explicitly in the
> > defconfig for Renesas R-Car Gen3 and RZ/G2 systems.
> >
> > Fixes: f611b1e7624ccdbd ("drm: Avoid circular dependencies for CONFIG_FB")
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Not intended for upstream merge.
>
> Why not ? We have no KMS console driver yet, FB is currently the only
> option.
Because there is no renesas-defconfig in upstream.
> > To be queued in topic/renesas-defconfig, unless the rcar-du experts
> > consider CONFIG_FB to be no longer needed nor wanted on systems where
> > graphics are provided by a DRM driver.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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