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

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Date:   Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:22:50 +0200
From:   Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To:     Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        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, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
        sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/19] arch: Consolidate <asm/fb.h>

Hi Thomas,

> Am 17.04.23 um 16:12 schrieb Arnd Bergmann:>> 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>
>
> Thanks a lot. I know that Helge wants to test the PARISC changes, so
> I'll keep this series pending for a bit longer. I'd like to merge the
> patches through the DRM tree, if no one objects.

Yes, patch is good and I've tested it on parisc. Thanks!

You may add:
Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
to the series and take it through the drm tree.

Helge