linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] fbdev/atafb: Remove unused extern variables

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Date:   Wed, 28 Oct 2020 20:25:55 +0100
From:   Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
To:     Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@...il.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] fbdev/atafb: Remove unused extern variables



Am 27.10.20 um 17:31 schrieb Peilin Ye:
> Remove 6 unused extern variables to reduce confusion. It is worth
> mentioning that lib/fonts/font_8x8.c and lib/fonts/font_8x16.c also
> declare `fontdata_8x8` and `fontdata_8x16` respectively, and this file
> has nothing to do with them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@...il.com>

Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>

> ---
> $ # Build-tested (Ubuntu 20.04)
> $ sudo apt install gcc-m68k-linux-gnu
> $ cp arch/m68k/configs/atari_defconfig .config
> $ make ARCH=m68k menuconfig
> $ make ARCH=m68k CROSS_COMPILE=m68k-linux-gnu- -j`nproc` all
> 
>  drivers/video/fbdev/atafb.c | 8 --------
>  1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/atafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/atafb.c
> index f253daa05d9d..e3812a8ff55a 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/atafb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/atafb.c
> @@ -240,14 +240,6 @@ static int *MV300_reg = MV300_reg_8bit;
>  
>  static int inverse;
>  
> -extern int fontheight_8x8;
> -extern int fontwidth_8x8;
> -extern unsigned char fontdata_8x8[];
> -
> -extern int fontheight_8x16;
> -extern int fontwidth_8x16;
> -extern unsigned char fontdata_8x16[];
> -
>  /*
>   * struct fb_ops {
>   *	* open/release and usage marking
> 

-- 
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
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