Re: [PATCH] fbdev: fix frame buffer devices menu

From: Baruch Siach
Date: Wed Jun 02 2010 - 00:35:23 EST


Hi Andrew,

On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 02:28:06PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Thu, 27 May 2010 07:03:29 +0300
> Baruch Siach <baruch@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 02:54:37PM -0300, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote:
> > > Commit f601441916d1e19291d0b4f044b4a7551e2924d0 has inserted the symbol
> > > HAVE_FB_IMX, which does not depend on FB after the menuconfig FB. This
> > > breaks the menu, presenting most of the drivers outside of it, when
> > > using menuconfig.
> > >
> > > Moving the symbol to the start of the file, just like HAVE_FB_ATMEL,
> > > fixes the problem without breaking it for iMX25 configurations (tested
> > > with ARCH=arm, no build).
> > >
> > > Cc: Baruch Siach <baruch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Uwe Kleine-K__nig <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Acked-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
>
> OK, I've been sitting on the below patch
> (fbdev-fix-kconfig-breakage-in-drivers-video.patch) for months, waiting
> for Krzysztof to respond to some comment which Baruch made, but
> Krzysztof seems to have gone quiet.
>
> Could you guys please compare Thadeu's patch with the below and work
> out which is preferable and whether the new patch has the same coverage
> as the old one, etc?

Krzysztof's patch breaks the fb support for the MX25 platform, so I prefer
Thadeu's approach. I have no objection to the

s/(FB = y) && (SPARC && FB_SBUS)/FB_SBUS/

thing, though.

baruch

> From: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxx>
>
> There are two new options inside the CONFIG_FB section which do not depend
> on the CONFIG_FB. This break Kconfig menu layout.
>
> Fix it and reduce few conditions for sparc frame buffers as the FB_SBUS ==
> ((FB = y) && SPARC).
>
> Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@xxxxx>
> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> drivers/video/Kconfig | 11 ++++-------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff -puN drivers/video/Kconfig~fbdev-fix-kconfig-breakage-in-drivers-video drivers/video/Kconfig
> --- a/drivers/video/Kconfig~fbdev-fix-kconfig-breakage-in-drivers-video
> +++ a/drivers/video/Kconfig
> @@ -400,12 +400,9 @@ config FB_SA1100
> If you plan to use the LCD display with your SA-1100 system, say
> Y here.
>
> -config HAVE_FB_IMX
> - bool
> -
> config FB_IMX
> tristate "Motorola i.MX LCD support"
> - depends on FB && (HAVE_FB_IMX || ARCH_MX1 || ARCH_MX2)
> + depends on FB && (ARCH_MX1 || ARCH_MX2)
> select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
> select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
> select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
> @@ -802,7 +799,7 @@ config FB_SBUS
>
> config FB_BW2
> bool "BWtwo support"
> - depends on (FB = y) && (SPARC && FB_SBUS)
> + depends on FB_SBUS
> select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
> select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
> select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
> @@ -811,7 +808,7 @@ config FB_BW2
>
> config FB_CG3
> bool "CGthree support"
> - depends on (FB = y) && (SPARC && FB_SBUS)
> + depends on FB_SBUS
> select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
> select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
> select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
> @@ -820,7 +817,7 @@ config FB_CG3
>
> config FB_CG6
> bool "CGsix (GX,TurboGX) support"
> - depends on (FB = y) && (SPARC && FB_SBUS)
> + depends on FB_SBUS
> select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
> select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
> help
> _
>

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