Re: [PATCH 2/8] drm/udl: Change drm_fb_helper_sys_*() calls to sys_*()

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 08:15:30PM +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> 
> Den 20.04.2016 19:42, skrev Daniel Vetter:
> >On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 05:25:23PM +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> >>Now that drm_fb_helper gets deferred io support, the
> >>drm_fb_helper_sys_{fillrect,copyarea,imageblit} functions will schedule
> >>the worker that calls the deferred_io callback. This will break this
> >>driver so use the sys_{fillrect,copyarea,imageblit} functions directly.
> >>
> >>Signed-off-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >I think this intermediately breaks the build, if you disable fbdev
> >support. That's now supported in the fbdev helpers core generically across
> >all drivers.
> >
> >Not sure how to best fix this up, since the only way would be to squash
> >these patches, plus generic deferred io plus the conversion patches for
> >udl/qxl all into one. Tricky.
> 
> Yes you're right, I missed that.
> How about this:
> #ifdef CONFIG_FB
>         sys_fillrect(info, rect);
> #endif
> 
> The later patch will then remove this ugliness...

Yeah I think we have to bite the bullet and take this temporary ugliness
:(

-Daniel
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