Re: [PATCH v2] video: fbdev: controlfb: fix build for COMPILE_TEST=y && PPC_PMAC=y && PPC32=n

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On 4/29/20 2:51 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Why do we even bother allocing the driver to compile for !ppc32
> given that it clearly needs ppc-specific infrastructure?  The whole
> idea of needing magic stubs for the COMPILE_TEST case seems rather
> counterproduction.
Not a perfect solution but at the cost of 2 ifdefs it allows controlfb
driver to be compile tested on any arch.

Being able to compile test fbdev device drivers is really useful for
me and saves me a lot of time when doing fbdev maintainer duties.

Best regards,
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics