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

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

On 1/24/22 12:33, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:

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>> Thoughts?
> 
> I can't say I approve keeping fbdev alive, but...
> 
> With fbdev emulation, every DRM driver is an fbdev driver too. So 
> CONFIG_FB_DRIVER is somewhat misleading. Better add an option like 
> CONFIG_FBCON_HW_SCROLLING and have it selected by the fbdev drivers that 
> absolutely need HW acceleration. That option would then protect the rsp 
> code.
>

Agreed that this option would be better and allow distros
to disable the code that was reverted.
 
Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat