linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] video: Add auxiliary display drivers to Graphics support menu

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Date:   Tue, 4 Jul 2023 09:37:10 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Jacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@...ux.intel.com>,
        Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta@....com>,
        Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@...nel.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/5] video: Add auxiliary display drivers to Graphics
 support menu

Hi Javier,

On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 1:05 AM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@...hat.com> wrote:
> The drivers in this subsystem are for character-based LCD displays, which
> can fall into the same category of the DRM/KMS and fbdev drivers that are
> located under the "Graphics support" menu. Add auxdisplay there as well.
>
> Suggested-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/video/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/video/Kconfig
> @@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ if HAS_IOMEM
>  config HAVE_FB_ATMEL
>         bool
>
> +source "drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig"

This is inside the "if HAS_IOMEM" section, while there was no
such limitation before.

> +
>  source "drivers/char/agp/Kconfig"
>
>  source "drivers/gpu/vga/Kconfig"

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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