linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging/vboxvideo: Don't set FBINFO_MISC_ALWAYS

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Message-ID: <20190115103829.GC18959@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:38:29 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Cc:     DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] staging/vboxvideo: Don't set
 FBINFO_MISC_ALWAYS_SETPAR

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 11:27:54AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> It's a debug hack flag useful to work around driver bugs. That's not a
> good idea for a new driver. Especially for a new drm driver.
> 
> Aside: the fbdev support should probably be converted over to the new
> generic fbdev support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
> Cc: Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_fb.c | 5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>