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

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Message-ID: <20190115134553.GD30742@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:45:53 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     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 01:12:28PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 11:38:29AM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > 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>
> 
> Since Hans wants to destage vboxvideo this cycle probably best I merge
> this through drm-misc? Just to make sure it's not lost.

Feel free to do so!

thanks,

greg k-h