linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] vgacon, arch/*: remove unused screen

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Message-ID: <fd95e3cb-d7b7-ec8b-c48b-d86634f07dfd@kernel.org>
Date:   Sun, 9 Jul 2023 22:38:03 -0500
From:   Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nel.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Cc:     javierm@...hat.com, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>,
        Brian Cain <bcain@...cinc.com>, Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
        Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        linux-csky@...r.kernel.org, linux-hexagon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] vgacon, arch/*: remove unused screen_info definitions



On 7/7/23 04:52, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> A number of architectures either kept the screen_info definition for
> historical purposes as it used to be required by the generic VT code, or
> they copied it from another architecture in order to build the VGA
> console driver in an allmodconfig build.
> 
> Now that vgacon no longer builds on these architectures, remove the
> stale definitions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
>   arch/csky/kernel/setup.c          | 12 ------------
>   arch/hexagon/kernel/Makefile      |  2 --
>   arch/hexagon/kernel/screen_info.c |  3 ---
>   arch/nios2/kernel/setup.c         |  5 -----

Acked-by: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@...nel.org>