linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: pass physical dimensions to fbdev

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Message-ID: <8ef4c8cb-59d9-a201-55fc-b7878c6790c7@lechnology.com>
Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2017 11:37:08 -0500
From:   David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
To:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: pass physical dimensions to fbdev

On 08/02/2017 04:46 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 10:26:41AM -0500, David Lechner wrote:
>> The fbdev subsystem has a place for physical dimensions (width and height
>> in mm) that is readable by userspace. Since DRM also knows these
>> dimensions, pass this information to the fbdev device.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
> 
> Still in the wrong function. Also please add some notation about what you
> changed when resubmitting a patch (it took me a while to remember that I
> replied to you already). That makes patch reviewing more efficient.
> 

Sorry for being so dense. :-/

I did read your first reply at least 10 times. All of the terminology is 
foreign to me, but after sleeping on it a few days, I think it is slowly 
soaking into my brain.