Hi Chintan.

On Tue, 30 Dec 2025 at 06:29, Chintan Patel [off-list ref] wrote:

This series makes CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional for fbdev drivers that use
it only for sysfs interfaces, addressing Thomas Zimmermann’s TODO to
remove hard FB_DEVICE dependencies.

The series introduces a small helper, dev_of_fbinfo(), which returns
NULL when CONFIG_FB_DEVICE=n. This allows sysfs code paths to be skipped
via runtime checks, avoids #ifdef CONFIG_FB_DEVICE clutter, and keeps
full compile-time syntax checking.

Signed-off-by: Chintan Patel <redacted>
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Changes in v3:
- Use PTR_IF() to conditionally include overlay_sysfs_group in
  overlay_sysfs_groups
- Decouple variable definition and assignment in fbtft_sysfs_init/exit

Changes in v2:
- Add dev_of_fbinfo() helper (suggested by Geert Uytterhoeven)

by Helge Deller, not me.

- Replace #ifdef CONFIG_FB_DEVICE blocks with runtime NULL checks
- Switch to fb_dbg() / fb_info() logging (suggested by Thomas Zimmermann)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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