linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/17] arch/sh: Do not assign FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT to fb

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Date:   Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:08:05 +0200
From:   John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>
To:     Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>, deller@....de,
        javierm@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-geode@...ts.infradead.org, linux-nvidia@...ts.surfsouth.com,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/17] arch/sh: Do not assign FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT to
 fb_videomode.flag

Hi!

On Mon, 2023-07-10 at 16:04 +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> > > I won't argue with that, but the flag itself is wrong.
> > > FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT is/was for struct fb_info.flags. You have struct
> > > fb_videomode.flag. The valid flags for this field are at [1]. If
> > > anything, the field could be initialized to FB_MODE_IS_UNKNOWN, which
> > > has the same value.
> > > 
> > > [1] https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/latest/source/include/linux/fb.h#L681
> > 
> > FB_MODE_IS_UNKNOWN sounds very reasonable to me. Would you agree using that instead?
> 
> Sure, I'll update the patch accordingly.

Thanks! I'll ack the updated patch.

Adrian

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