linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] video/logo: introduce new system state for checking if logos are freed

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Date:	Tue, 26 May 2015 09:23:18 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
Cc:	hs@...x.de,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] video/logo: introduce new system state for checking
 if logos are freed

Hi Tomi,

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com> wrote:
>> 3) Draw the logos from an initcall on all frame buffers that exist at that
>>    point in time. Yes, this will destroy (part of) the content that's
>>    currently shown.
>
> Isn't that almost the same as now? The problem is that the fb probes are
> deferred to a very late stage, so we would not have the fbs when the
> suggested initcall would be called.

Currently it's drawn from fbcon_switch().

Some drivers draw it independently from the fbcon code
(au1200fb_drv_probe() and mmpfb_probe()).

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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