The patch titled
VT binding: Do not create a device file for class device 'fbcon'
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
vt-binding-do-not-create-a-device-file-for-class-device.patch
See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this
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Subject: VT binding: Do not create a device file for class device 'fbcon'
From: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx>
The class device "fbcon" does not need to be a device file. Do not create one
by passing a major and minor number of zero to
class_device_create()/destroy().
Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/video/console/fbcon.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/video/console/fbcon.c~vt-binding-do-not-create-a-device-file-for-class-device drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
--- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c~vt-binding-do-not-create-a-device-file-for-class-device
+++ a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.c
@@ -3244,9 +3244,7 @@ static int __init fb_console_init(void)
acquire_console_sem();
fb_register_client(&fbcon_event_notifier);
fbcon_class_device =
- class_device_create(fb_class, NULL,
- MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, FB_MAX), NULL,
- "fbcon");
+ class_device_create(fb_class, NULL, MKDEV(0, 0), NULL, "fbcon");
if (IS_ERR(fbcon_class_device)) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "Unable to create class_device "
@@ -3282,7 +3280,7 @@ static void __exit fb_console_exit(void)
acquire_console_sem();
fb_unregister_client(&fbcon_event_notifier);
fbcon_deinit_class_device();
- class_device_destroy(fb_class, MKDEV(FB_MAJOR, FB_MAX));
+ class_device_destroy(fb_class, MKDEV(0, 0));
fbcon_exit();
release_console_sem();
unregister_con_driver(&fb_con);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from adaplas@xxxxxxxxx are
git-intelfb.patch
savagefb-allocate-space-for-current-and-saved-register.patch
savagefb-add-state-save-and_restore-hooks.patch
savagefb-add-state-save-and_restore-hooks-fix.patch
fbdev-more-accurate-sync-range-extrapolation.patch
nvidiafb-revise-pci_device_id-table.patch
atyfb-fix-hardware-cursor-handling.patch
atyfb-remove-unneeded-calls-to-wait_for_idle.patch
atyfb-set-correct-acceleration-flags.patch
epson1355fb-update-platform-code.patch
vesafb-update-platform-code.patch
vfb-update-platform-code.patch
vga16fb-update-platform-code.patch
fbdev-static-pseudocolor-with-depth-less-than-4-does.patch
savagefb-whitespace-cleanup.patch
fbdev-firmware-edid-fixes.patch
nvidiafb-add-support-for-geforce-6100-and-related-chipsets.patch
vesafb-fix-return-code-of-vesafb_setcolreg.patch
vesafb-prefer-vga-registers-over-pmi.patch
atyfb-fix-dead-code.patch
fbdev-coverity-bug-85.patch
fbdev-coverity-bug-90.patch
backlight-fix-kconfig-dependency.patch
detaching-fbcon-fix-vgacon-to-allow-retaking-of-the.patch
detaching-fbcon-fix-give_up_console.patch
detaching-fbcon-remove-calls-to-pci_disable_device.patch
detaching-fbcon-add-sysfs-class-device-entry-for-fbcon.patch
detaching-fbcon-clean-up-exit-code.patch
detaching-fbcon-add-capability-to-attach-detach-fbcon.patch
detaching-fbcon-update-documentation.patch
vt-binding-add-binding-unbinding-support-for-the-vt.patch
vt-binding-update-fbcon-to-support-binding.patch
vt-binding-fbcon-update-documentation.patch
vt-binding-add-new-doc-file-describing-the-feature.patch
vt-binding-add-sysfs-control-to-the-vt-layer.patch
vt-binding-make-vt-binding-a-kconfig-option.patch
vt-binding-do-not-create-a-device-file-for-class-device.patch
vt-binding-update-documentation.patch
vt-binding-make-mdacon-support-binding.patch
vt-binding-make-newport_con-support-binding.patch
vt-binding-make-promcon-support-binding.patch
vt-binding-make-sticon-support-binding.patch
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