[PATCH v2 0/4] fbdev: Make CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional for drivers
From: Chintan Patel
Date: Fri Dec 19 2025 - 00:43:39 EST
This series makes CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional for fbdev drivers that use
it only for sysfs interfaces, addressing Thomas Zimmermann’s TODO to
remove hard FB_DEVICE dependencies.
The series introduces a small helper, dev_of_fbinfo(), which returns
NULL when CONFIG_FB_DEVICE=n. This allows sysfs code paths to be skipped
via runtime checks, avoids #ifdef CONFIG_FB_DEVICE clutter, and keeps
full compile-time syntax checking.
Changes in v2:
Add dev_of_fbinfo() helper (suggested by Geert Uytterhoeven)
Replace #ifdef CONFIG_FB_DEVICE blocks with runtime NULL checks
Switch to fb_dbg() / fb_info() logging (suggested by Thomas Zimmermann)
Chintan Patel (4):
fb: Add dev_of_fbinfo() helper for optional sysfs support
staging: fbtft: Make FB_DEVICE dependency optional
fbdev: omapfb: Make FB_DEVICE dependency optional
fbdev: sh_mobile_lcdc: Make FB_DEVICE dependency optional
drivers/staging/fbtft/Kconfig | 5 ++++-
drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-sysfs.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/Kconfig | 3 ++-
.../video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-sysfs.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
drivers/video/fbdev/sh_mobile_lcdcfb.c | 9 +++++++++
include/linux/fb.h | 9 +++++++++
6 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
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