Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] arch: Select fbdev helpers with CONFIG_VIDEO

From: Sam Ravnborg
Date: Thu Mar 28 2024 - 03:24:14 EST


On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 09:41:29PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Various Kconfig options selected the per-architecture helpers for
> fbdev. But none of the contained code depends on fbdev. Standardize
> on CONFIG_VIDEO, which will allow to add more general helpers for
> video functionality.
>
> CONFIG_VIDEO protects each architecture's video/ directory. This
> allows for the use of more fine-grained control for each directory's
> files, such as the use of CONFIG_STI_CORE on parisc.
>
> v2:
> - sparc: rebased onto Makefile changes
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andreas Larsson <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>