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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdWOMbYqYurJ_KnxmY75soNsA=TBea6b2VZAG7eJRPy-mg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:03:35 +0200
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Laurent Vivier <laurent@...ier.eu>
Cc: linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] m68k: defconfig: Update virt_defconfig for v6.6-rc3
Hi Laurent,
On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 11:44 AM Laurent Vivier <laurent@...ier.eu> wrote:
> Le 29/09/2023 à 11:01, Geert Uytterhoeven a écrit :
> > - Enable CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION and CONFIG_FB_DEVICE (no longer
> > auto-enabled since commit bb6c4507fe825f1b ("drm: fix up fbdev
> > Kconfig defaults")),
> > - Drop CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y (auto-enabled since commit
> > bb6c4507fe825f1b ("drm: fix up fbdev Kconfig defaults")).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> > ---
> > Perhaps CONFIG_FB_DEVICE should not be enabled?
>
> Why do you think it should not be enabled?
Because virt uses virtio_gpudrm.
> I think X was needing this to work on m68k.
Perhaps a version of X or Wayland can work with virtio_gpudrm
directly, without needing DRM's fbdev emulation and /dev/fb0?
DRM's fbdev emulation is still needed for the text console, of course.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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