# Re: \[PATCH 0/3\] video/fbdev: avoid module usage in non-modular sparc code,Re: \[PATCH 0/3\] video/fbde

- From: Tomi Valkeinen \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-02-29 08:51:39 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2016/02/4696716
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2016/02/4690268/t.md

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On 26/02/16 19:21, David Miller wrote:
> From: Tomi Valkeinen <redacted>
> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:58:00 +0200
> 
>> While doing this, did you just go forward removing the module support,
>> or did you check if it would be trivial to make the driver build as a
>> module? I wouldn't be surprised if in some cases all that would need to
>> be done is change the Kconfig's bool to tristate.
> 
> I think what he is doing is reasonable, and none of these sparc drivers
> have any reason to be built modular.  You need them to have any bootup
> console whatsoever, so they have to be built in statically to be
> usable at all.

I disagree. Having drivers buildable as modules is always good, even if
the normal use case would be to have them as built-in.

> I plan to apply this patch series to my sparc tree as-is.

They are fbdev patches without any dependency to sparc afaics. So let's
apply them via fbdev tree.

 Tomi

```

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