Re: [PATCH] firmware: sysfb: Mark CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB as deprecated

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> writes:

Hello Thomas,

Thanks for the patch.

> Mark CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB as deprecated. Enabling it allows to
> run simpledrm and simplefb on EFI/VESA framebuffers. Doing this
> is discouraged in favor of using efidrm and vesadrm.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>

Do you know what the policy is for removal? For example,
how many Linux releases should we wait for this to go away?

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Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat