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

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Message-ID: <dbea9119-58c3-42b4-a50b-7438f4c04385@suse.de>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 14:23:54 +0100
From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
 Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>, sui.jingfeng@...ux.dev
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 "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] arch: Rename fbdev header and source files

Hi

Am 28.03.24 um 13:51 schrieb Arnd Bergmann:
> 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.

If that works, I'm happy to remove these wrapper files.

Best regards
Thomas

>
>       Arnd

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