linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] fbdev: mb862xxfbdrv: Make CONFIG_FB

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Message-ID: <4ff70fea-684a-4038-b98d-a9fd38d02f3d@gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 01:00:38 +0200
From: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To: Javier Garcia <rampxxxx@...il.com>, u.kleine-koenig@...libre.com,
 tzimmermann@...e.de
Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shuah@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] fbdev: mb862xxfbdrv: Make CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional

On 10/8/25 20:36, Javier Garcia wrote:
> This patch wraps the relevant code blocks with `IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FB_DEVICE)`.
> 
> Allows the driver to be used for framebuffer text console, even if
> support for the /dev/fb device isn't compiled-in (CONFIG_FB_DEVICE=n).
> 
> This align with Documentation/drm/todo.rst
> "Remove driver dependencies on FB_DEVICE"
> 
> I've not the card so I was not able to test it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Javier Garcia <rampxxxx@...il.com>

applied (with minor changes to the commit message).

Thanks!
Helge