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Date:	Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:22:12 -0700
From:	Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	airlied@...ux.ie, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fb/intelfb: conflict with DRM_I915 and hide by default

On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:13:26 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:24:46 -0700
> Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org> wrote:
> 
> > Users get confused by this driver.  It's really a special purpose
> > embedded driver, and causes a lot of problems if enabled.  So hide
> > it under EMBEDDED by default, and make sure it doesn't get enabled
> > with the i915 DRM driver.
> > 
> > Dave, I'm hoping you can feed this to Linus through your tree.  It's
> > appropriate for 2.6.31 I think.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@...tuousgeek.org>
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/video/Kconfig b/drivers/video/Kconfig
> > index d6d65ef..ec12f7a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/video/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig
> > @@ -1117,12 +1117,13 @@ config FB_CARILLO_RANCH
> >  
> >  config FB_INTEL
> >  	tristate "Intel
> > 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/945G/945GM/965G/965GM support
> > (EXPERIMENTAL)"
> > -	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && FB && PCI && X86 && AGP_INTEL
> > +	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && FB && PCI && X86 && AGP_INTEL
> > && EMBEDDED select FB_MODE_HELPERS
> >  	select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
> >  	select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
> >  	select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
> >  	select FB_BOOT_VESA_SUPPORT if FB_INTEL = y
> > +	depends on !DRM_I915
> >  	help
> >  	  This driver supports the on-board graphics built in to
> > the Intel
> > 830M/845G/852GM/855GM/865G/915G/915GM/945G/945GM/965G/965GM
> > chipsets.
> 
> Nothing happened?
> 
> I'll merge this next week(ish) unless given a reason not to.

It's in Dave's tree, pull requested to Linus already, so it should land
soon.

-- 
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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