linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] drm: Remove references to removed transitional helpers

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Date:   Fri, 2 Jun 2023 13:49:23 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc:     David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Jyri Sarha <jyri.sarha@....fi>,
        Tomi Valkeinen <tomba@...nel.org>,
        Biju Das <biju.das.jz@...renesas.com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] drm: Remove references to removed transitional helpers

Hi Laurent,

On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 1:36 PM Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 01:17:58PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 2, 2023 at 1:05 PM Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 11:11:35AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > The transitional helpers were removed a long time ago, but some
> > > > references stuck.  Remove them.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 21ebe615c16994f3 ("drm: Remove transitional helpers")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> >
> > > > --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane_helper.c
> > > > +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_plane_helper.c
> > > > @@ -51,14 +51,6 @@
> > > >   * planes, and newly merged drivers must not rely upon these transitional
> > > >   * helpers.
> > > >   *
> > >
> > > The first paragraph starts with "This helper library has two parts.". As
> > > you're dropping the mention of the second part, I think you should
> > > rework the first paragraph too.
> >
> > That was my initial thought, too.
> > However, the code still has a second part, not related to the topic of
> > the first part (primary plane support).
>
> How about mentioning that in the comment then ?

Any suggestion about the wording?
The drm novice in me would write "The second part is not about
primary plane support" ;-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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