linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/14] Documentation: Update the todo

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Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 14:06:15 +0100
From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/14] Documentation: Update the todo

Hi


Am 28.01.25 um 23:29 schrieb Anusha Srivatsa:
> Remove the TODO now that this series addresses
> the changes needed.

While your series is fine, this TODO item is unrelated. It's about 
various ancient fbdev drivers that do not reserve their memory regions 
correctly. So please drop patch 14 form the series.

Best regards
Thomas

>
> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Anusha Srivatsa <asrivats@...hat.com>
> ---
>   Documentation/gpu/todo.rst | 15 ---------------
>   1 file changed, 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
> index 256d0d1cb2164bd94f9b610a751b907834d96a21..b5aa5f776cfe0916b98bddf791c65abe974834cf 100644
> --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst
> @@ -441,21 +441,6 @@ Contact: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
>   
>   Level: Intermediate
>   
> -Request memory regions in all drivers
> --------------------------------------
> -
> -Go through all drivers and add code to request the memory regions that the
> -driver uses. This requires adding calls to request_mem_region(),
> -pci_request_region() or similar functions. Use helpers for managed cleanup
> -where possible.
> -
> -Drivers are pretty bad at doing this and there used to be conflicts among
> -DRM and fbdev drivers. Still, it's the correct thing to do.
> -
> -Contact: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
> -
> -Level: Starter
> -
>   Remove driver dependencies on FB_DEVICE
>   ---------------------------------------
>   
>

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