The patch titled
VT binding: Do not create a device file for class device 'fbcon'
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is
vt-binding-do-not-create-a-device-file-for-class-device.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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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
@@ -3247,9 +3247,7 @@ 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 "
@@ -3285,7 +3283,7 @@ 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
origin.patch
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