linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: video: fbdev: Remove hyperv

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Message-ID: <7d2fbfe3-eac9-421b-8e75-8d44b26fd2b3@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2026 20:10:50 +0100
From: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
To: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@...look.com>,
 Prasanna Kumar T S M <ptsm@...ux.microsoft.com>,
 "linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
 "dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
 "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
 "ssengar@...ux.microsoft.com" <ssengar@...ux.microsoft.com>,
 "wei.liu@...nel.org" <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
 "kys@...rosoft.com" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
 "haiyangz@...rosoft.com" <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
 "decui@...rosoft.com" <decui@...rosoft.com>,
 Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Cc: "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: video: fbdev: Remove hyperv_fb driver

On 1/2/26 18:45, Michael Kelley wrote:
> From: Helge Deller <deller@....de> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 1:07 AM
>>
>> On 12/27/25 05:24, Prasanna Kumar T S M wrote:
>>> The HyperV DRM driver is available since 5.14. This makes the hyperv_fb
>>> driver redundant, remove it.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Prasanna Kumar T S M <ptsm@...ux.microsoft.com>
>>> ---
>>>    MAINTAINERS                     |   10 -
>>>    drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig     |   11 -
>>>    drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile    |    1 -
>>>    drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c | 1388 -------------------------------
>>>    4 files changed, 1410 deletions(-)
>>>    delete mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
>>
>> applied to fbdev git tree.
>>
> 
> Helge -- it looks like you picked up only this patch of the three-patch series.
> The other two patches of the series are fixing up comments that referenc
> the hyperv_fb driver, and they affect the DRM and Hyper-V subsystems. Just
> want to make sure those maintainers pick up the other two patches if that's
> your intent.

Since the patches #2 and #3 only fix comments, I've now applied both to
the fbdev tree as well. If there will be conflicts (e.g. if maintainers pick up too),
I can easily drop them again.

Thanks!
Helge