linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] drm/fb-helper: improve documentation and print warnings

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Date:   Mon, 10 Sep 2018 08:22:31 +0200
From:   Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Wu <peter@...ensteyn.nl>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] drm/fb-helper: improve documentation and print
 warnings

> >   * This function sets up generic fbdev emulation for drivers that supports
> > - * dumb buffers with a virtual address and that can be mmap'ed.
> > + * dumb buffers with a virtual address and that can be mmap'ed. If the driver
> > + * does not support these functions, it could use drm_fb_helper_fbdev_setup().
> > + * This function can only be used with devices created using drm_dev_register().
> 
> This last line is misleading, since every drm device is called with
> drm_dev_register(). It's just not all called by driver code directly.
> With this line removed:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
> 
> I'll leave it to Gerd to apply this all.

Fixed and pushed.

cheers,
  Gerd