linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] fbdev: Drop FBINFO_CAN_FORCE

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Date:   Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:47:34 +0200
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Intel Graphics Development <intel-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@...il.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>,
        David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>,
        nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] fbdev: Drop FBINFO_CAN_FORCE_OUTPUT flag

On 09/11/2018 09:42 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 02:48:43PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>>
>> On 08/22/2018 10:54 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
>>> This was only added for the drm's fbdev emulation support, so that it
>>> would try harder to show the Oops.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately this never really worked reliably, and in practice ended
>>> up pushing the real Oops off the screen due to plentyfull locking,
>>> sleep-while-atomic and other issues. So we removed all that support
>>> from the fbdev emulation a while back. Aside: We've also removed the
>>> kgdb support, for similar reasons.
>>>
>>> Since it's such a small patch I figured I don't split this up into the
>>> usual 3-phase removal.
>>>
>>> Cc: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs@...hat.com>
>>> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
>>> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
>>> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
>>> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
>>> Cc: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@...il.com>
>>> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
>>> Cc: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>
>>> Cc: David Lechner <david@...hnology.com>
>>> Cc: nouveau@...ts.freedesktop.org
>>> Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
>>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
>>
>> Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
> 
> Ack for merging the entire series through drm-misc-next?

Yes, thanks for taking care of this.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics