linux-kernel - Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] [patch 0/4] Cell SPE logos

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Date:	Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:05:19 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	cbe-oss-dev@...abs.org
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] [patch 0/4] Cell SPE logos

On Friday 13 July 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > Summaries:
> > >   [1] fbdev: extract fb_show_logo_line()
> > >   [2] fbdev: Add fb_append_extra_logo()
> > 
> > This one does give additional code and data to all fbdev users while only
> > being useful to cell machines.  Should we fix that?
> 
> I can protect it by #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_CELL (as long as there are no other
> users). Would that be OK?

If you want to have an #ifdef in there, it should probably be
CONFIG_FB_EXTRA_LOGO and have that autoselected by CONFIG_SPU_BASE.

A nicer alternative to the #ifdef might be to mark it __init, so
that it will just go away after boot. Not sure if that's safe
though.

	Arnd <><
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