linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] fbdev/au1200fb: Do not display boot-up logo

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Message-ID: <87o7if4ouc.fsf@minerva.mail-host-address-is-not-set>
Date:   Wed, 06 Sep 2023 11:45:31 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>, deller@....de,
        daniel@...ll.ch, sam@...nborg.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] fbdev/au1200fb: Do not display boot-up logo

Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de> writes:

> The fbcon module takes care of displaying the logo, if any. Remove
> the code form au1200fb. If we want to display the logo without fbcon,
> we should implement this in the fbdev core code.
>

Agreed. I see that this code has been since the driver was added in 2006,
I wonder if was ever used. Enabling a fbdev driver without fbcon doesn't
seem to be a common configuration.

> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
> ---

Acked-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat