Re: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "fbcon: Disable accelerated scrolling"

From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Mon Jan 24 2022 - 06:28:59 EST


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>
> What about this proposal:
> a) adding a Kconfig option like:
> CONFIG_FB_DRIVERS - enable if you need the fbdev drivers. For DRM-only this should be disabled.
> b) Add to every native fbdev driver a "depends on FB_DRIVERS" in the Kconfig files.
> c) That way we can use "#if defined(CONFIG_FB_DRIVERS).." to exclude code in fbcon which
> isn't needed by DRM.
>

I proposed something similar in:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210827100027.1577561-1-javierm@xxxxxxxxxx/t/

Best regards,
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Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat