linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fbcon: garbage collect fbdev scrolling acceleration

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdWhs4en-yR9ic+d4V9M_0BUFX40rP0M=tZRGMaUy2wv3g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 9 Jul 2021 09:49:02 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Hamza Mahfooz <someguy@...ective-light.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@...il.com>,
        Jing Xiangfeng <jingxiangfeng@...wei.com>,
        George Kennedy <george.kennedy@...cle.com>,
        Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbcon: garbage collect fbdev scrolling acceleration

On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 3:04 AM Hamza Mahfooz
<someguy@...ective-light.com> wrote:
> As per commit 39aead8373b3 ("fbcon: Disable accelerated scrolling"), we can
> now remove all of the code that was made redundant by disabling scrolling
> acceleration.

Bummer, more code to revert to re-enable acceleration in the _56_
fbdev drivers using acceleration (some of them unusable without),
despite commit 39aead8373b3 claiming "No other driver supportes
accelerated fbcon"...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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