linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] firmware: coreboot: framebuffer: Allow building with simpledrm

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Message-ID: <ZMAOLQWrRttRgpoP@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Jul 2023 11:02:21 -0700
From:   Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>
To:     Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jack Rosenthal <jrosenth@...omium.org>,
        Douglas Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        coreboot@...eboot.org, Guenter Roeck <groeck@...omium.org>,
        Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>,
        Wei-Ning Huang <wnhuang@...omium.org>,
        Julius Werner <jwerner@...omium.org>,
        Samuel Holland <samuel@...lland.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] firmware: coreboot: framebuffer: Allow building with
 simpledrm

(administrative note: I doubt coreboot@...eboot.org is interested in
receiving linux kernel driver patches)

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 08:43:33PM +0300, Alper Nebi Yasak wrote:
> The coreboot framebuffer driver registers a "simple-framebuffer" device
> based on the information from the firmware, after checking that it's
> compatible with the formats listed in simplefb.h. It was added before
> simpledrm, and its Kconfig marked as dependent on the simplefb driver.
> 
> The simpledrm driver can also handle "simple-framebuffer" devices and
> the coreboot framebuffer works fine with it on a 'Lick' Chromebook.
> Allow building the coreboot framebuffer driver with simpledrm as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@...omium.org>