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

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi

Am 24.01.22 um 16:50 schrieb Geert Uytterhoeven:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 12:33 PM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > With fbdev emulation, every DRM driver is an fbdev driver too. So
>
> Some are even without?
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_fb.c:     ret = register_framebuffer(info);

Well, I counted this as 'emulation' as well. There's fully 
driver-agnostic fbdev support in DRM, but some drivers still run their 
own. At some point, we want all drivers to use DRM's generic solution.

Best regards
Thomas

> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                          Geert
>
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