Re: [PATCH] fbdev/pxafb: Fix multiple clamped values in pxafb_adjust_timing
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Dec 03 2025 - 04:49:12 EST
On Tue, Dec 02, 2025 at 08:36:08PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote:
> On 12/2/25 19:36, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> > On 2. Dec 2025, at 19:28, Helge Deller wrote:
> > > On 12/2/25 19:15, Thorsten Blum wrote:
...
> > > How did you notice? Do you actually have the hardware and tested it?
> >
> > I only compile-tested it.
> >
> > I stumbled upon another driver with the same bug and then used grep to
> > search for other instances and found about 6 or 7, including this one.
>
> Ok. But this then means, maybe the clamping isn't needed (since nobody complained),
> or that nobody noticed because nobody uses the driver any longer.
I think it's a combination of factors: 1) rarely people have this hardware,
especially nowadays, to run more or less new kernel; 2) there are no conditions
happened that this patch fixes in their environments; 3) something else I
missed.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko