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

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 24.01.22 um 16:29 schrieb Helge Deller:
> On 1/24/22 12:50, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> > On 1/24/22 12:33, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > > 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.
>
> I'm not a fan of something like CONFIG_FBCON_HW_SCROLLING, but I'm not
> against it either.
> For me it sounds that this is not the real direction you want to go,
> which is to prevent that any other drivers take the framebuffer before
> you take it with simpledrm or similiar.
> CONFIG_FBCON_HW_SCROLLING IMHO just disables the (from your POV) neglectable accleration part.
> With an option like CONFIG_FB_DRIVER (maybe better: CONFIG_FB_LEGACY_DRIVERS)
> it's an easy option for distros to disable all of the legacy drivers
> from being built & shipped.

These drivers have been disabled by most distros a long time ago. Those 
that still remain are the generic, soon to be replaced, ones; and 
drivers for niche architectures where no DRM-based replacement exists.

If I run DRM with fbdev emulation, HW scrolling is unused, possibly 
buggy, and I'd want to not built it if possible. I guess that's what 
most distros would want as well. That's the use case for FBCON_HW_SCROLLING.

Best regards
Thomas


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