linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] docs: fb: Remove sstfb scrollback boot option

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Date:   Thu, 17 Sep 2020 04:51:41 +0530
From:   Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>
To:     b.zolnierkie@...sung.com, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     corbet@....net, rdunlap@...radead.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        daniel@...ll.ch, yuanmingbuaa@...il.com, w@....eu,
        nopitydays@...il.com, zhangyunhai@...ocus.com, luto@...capital.net,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] docs: fb: Remove sstfb scrollback boot option


This patch remove the reference of scrollback from this file. This is related to 
these below commits.

Commit 973c096f6a85(vgacon: remove software scrollback support)
Commit 50145474f6ef(fbcon: remove soft scrollback code)

Signed-off-by: Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@...il.com>
---
This version correcting the previous versions errors. Proper changelog and subject 
text. Trying to incorporate Willy's and Greg's suggestions.

 Documentation/fb/sstfb.rst | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/fb/sstfb.rst b/Documentation/fb/sstfb.rst
index 8e8c1b940359..42466ff49c58 100644
--- a/Documentation/fb/sstfb.rst
+++ b/Documentation/fb/sstfb.rst
@@ -185,9 +185,6 @@ Bugs
   contact me.
 - The 24/32 is not likely to work anytime soon, knowing that the
   hardware does ... unusual things in 24/32 bpp.
-- When used with another video board, current limitations of the linux
-  console subsystem can cause some troubles, specifically, you should
-  disable software scrollback, as it can oops badly ...
 
 Todo
 ====
-- 
2.28.0