linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] arch: Rename fbdev header and source files

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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 13:51:57 +0100
From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To: "Helge Deller" <deller@....de>, "Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
 "Javier Martinez Canillas" <javierm@...hat.com>, sui.jingfeng@...ux.dev
Cc: Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
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 linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, loongarch@...ts.linux.dev,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-snps-arc@...ts.infradead.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Vineet Gupta" <vgupta@...nel.org>,
 "Catalin Marinas" <catalin.marinas@....com>,
 "Will Deacon" <will@...nel.org>, "Huacai Chen" <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
 "WANG Xuerui" <kernel@...0n.name>,
 "Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
 "Thomas Bogendoerfer" <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
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 "Nicholas Piggin" <npiggin@...il.com>,
 "Yoshinori Sato" <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
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 "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
 "Andreas Larsson" <andreas@...sler.com>,
 "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>, "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...hat.com>,
 "Borislav Petkov" <bp@...en8.de>,
 "Dave Hansen" <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] arch: Rename fbdev header and source files

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024, at 13:46, Helge Deller wrote:
> On 3/27/24 21:41, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:

>> +++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/video.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
>> +
>> +#ifndef _ASM_VIDEO_H_
>> +#define _ASM_VIDEO_H_
>> +
>> +#include <asm-generic/video.h>
>> +
>> +#endif /* _ASM_VIDEO_H_ */
>
> I wonder, since that file simply #includes the generic version,
> wasn't there a possibility that kbuild could symlink
> the generic version for us?
> Does it need to be mandatory in include/asm-generic/Kbuild ?
> Same applies to a few other files below.

It should be enough to just remove the files entirely,
as kbuild will generate the same wrappers for mandatory files.

     Arnd