linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fbdev: kill fb

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2016 13:30:54 +0200
From:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
To:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>,
	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
CC:	<linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev: kill fb_rotate

On 09/02/16 20:56, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
> The fb_rotate method in struct fb_ops is never actually invoked, and
> it's been that way in the entire history of git (in fact, the last
> occurrence of the string '->fb_rotate' vanished over 10 years ago,
> with b4d8aea6d6, and that merely tested whether the callback
> existed). So remove some dead code and make struct fb_obs a little
> smaller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/atafb.c            |  3 ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/au1100fb.c         | 22 ----------------------
>  drivers/video/fbdev/bf537-lq035.c      | 23 -----------------------
>  drivers/video/fbdev/omap/omapfb_main.c | 22 ----------------------
>  drivers/video/fbdev/skeletonfb.c       | 17 -----------------
>  include/linux/fb.h                     |  3 ---
>  6 files changed, 90 deletions(-)

Thanks, queued for 4.6.

 Tomi



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