linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/19] arch: Consolidate <asm/fb.h>

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Message-Id: <1641007d-7953-426a-a3de-ca9c90f6c5a9@app.fastmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:12:15 +0200
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        "Daniel Vetter" <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        "Helge Deller" <deller@....de>,
        "Javier Martinez Canillas" <javierm@...hat.com>,
        "Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        loongarch@...ts.linux.dev, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/19] arch: Consolidate <asm/fb.h>

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023, at 14:56, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Various architectures provide <asm/fb.h> with helpers for fbdev
> framebuffer devices. Share the contained code where possible. There
> is already <asm-generic/fb.h>, which implements generic (as in
> 'empty') functions of the fbdev helpers. The header was added in
> commit aafe4dbed0bf ("asm-generic: add generic versions of common
> headers"), but never used.
>
> Each per-architecture header file declares and/or implements fbdev
> helpers and defines a preprocessor token for each. The generic
> header then provides the remaining helpers. It works like the I/O
> helpers in <asm/io.h>.

Looks all good to me,

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

     Arnd