Re: [PATCH] drm/client: Send hotplug event after registering a client

[Dmitry Baryshkov]

On 11/07/2023 09:07, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi
>
> Am 10.07.23 um 23:11 schrieb Dmitry Baryshkov:
> [...]
> > > ---
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/armada/armada_fbdev.c     |  4 ----
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_client.c              | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_dma.c           |  4 ----
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fbdev_generic.c       |  4 ----
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/exynos/exynos_drm_fbdev.c |  4 ----
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/fbdev.c            |  4 ----
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_fbdev.c           |  4 ----
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@xxxxxxxxxx> # msm
>
> Thanks.
>
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_fbdev.c      |  4 ----
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_fbdev.c     |  4 ----
> > >   drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/fbdev.c             |  4 ----
> > >   10 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> >
> > BTW: As you have been clearing this area. I see that significant 
> > amount of DRM drivers use exactly the same code for 
> > msm_fbdev_client_funcs and for the significant part of 
> > foo_fbdev_setup(). Do you have any plans for moving that into a 
> > library / generic code? If not, I can take a look at crafting the patch.
>
> You're not the first to ask. :) I've so far not attempted to address 
> this duplication. I've been bitten by premature helperization before, so 
> I wanted to wait a bit longer. A lot of the fbdev and client code is 
> changing quite a bit. After things stabilized, I want to to try to do 
> some more code sharing.

Ack, thank you for sharing this.

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With best wishes
Dmitry