RE: [PATCH 1/3] drivers: video: fbdev: Remove hyperv_fb driver

[Michael Kelley]

From: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 2, 2026 11:21 AM
> 
> On 1/2/26 20:17, Michael Kelley wrote:
> > From: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 2, 2026 11:11 AM
> >>
> >> On 1/2/26 18:45, Michael Kelley wrote:
> >>> From: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 1:07 AM
> >>>>
> >>>> On 12/27/25 05:24, Prasanna Kumar T S M wrote:
> >>>>> The HyperV DRM driver is available since 5.14. This makes the hyperv_fb
> >>>>> driver redundant, remove it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Signed-off-by: Prasanna Kumar T S M <ptsm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> ---
> >>>>>     MAINTAINERS                     |   10 -
> >>>>>     drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig     |   11 -
> >>>>>     drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile    |    1 -
> >>>>>     drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c | 1388 -------------------------------
> >>>>>     4 files changed, 1410 deletions(-)
> >>>>>     delete mode 100644 drivers/video/fbdev/hyperv_fb.c
> >>>>
> >>>> applied to fbdev git tree.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Helge -- it looks like you picked up only this patch of the three-patch series.
> >>> The other two patches of the series are fixing up comments that referenc
> >>> the hyperv_fb driver, and they affect the DRM and Hyper-V subsystems. Just
> >>> want to make sure those maintainers pick up the other two patches if that's
> >>> your intent.
> >>
> >> Since the patches #2 and #3 only fix comments, I've now applied both to
> >> the fbdev tree as well. If there will be conflicts (e.g. if maintainers pick up too),
> >> I can easily drop them again.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Helge
> >
> > Any chance you can fix the typo in the Subject line of the 3rd patch?
> > "drm/hyprev" should be "drm/hyperv".
> 
> Sure. Fixed now.
> 

All looks good! Appreciate it ...

Michael