linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] DRM_RADEON should not select FB stuff

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:25:27 +1000
From:	Dave Airlie <airlied@...il.com>
To:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
Cc:	airlied@...ux.ie, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] DRM_RADEON should not select FB stuff

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Mikael Pettersson<mikpe@...uu.se> wrote:
> Commit 771fe6b912fca54f03e8a72eb63058b582775362 changed the DRM_RADEON
> Kconfig entry to select a bunch of framebuffer options. However, the
> driver doesn't actually use any of those things, so these selects are
> bogus. This patch reverts them.
>
> I'm running this right now. drm and radeon loaded, acceleration works,
> nothing anywhere is complaining about missing the FB stuff.

NAK, the code is only enabled under staging at the moment but it will use these.

Dave.

>

> Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>
>
> diff -rupN linux-2.6.31-rc3/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig linux-2.6.31-rc3.radeon-dont-select-fb-dammit/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig
> --- linux-2.6.31-rc3/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig    2009-07-14 13:42:51.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.31-rc3.radeon-dont-select-fb-dammit/drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig       2009-07-14 14:03:03.000000000 +0200
> @@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ config DRM_R128
>  config DRM_RADEON
>        tristate "ATI Radeon"
>        depends on DRM && PCI
> -       select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
> -       select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
> -       select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
> -       select FB
> -       select FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE if !EMBEDDED
>        help
>          Choose this option if you have an ATI Radeon graphics card.  There
>          are both PCI and AGP versions.  You don't need to choose this to
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