# Re: \[PATCH 1/4\] fbdev: Drop FBINFO\_CAN\_FORCE\_OUTPUT flag

- From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz \<hidden\>
- Date: 2018-09-10 12:48:53 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2018/09/5376680
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/dri-devel/2018/08/5361306/t.md

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On 08/22/2018 10:54 AM, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> This was only added for the drm's fbdev emulation support, so that it
> would try harder to show the Oops.
> 
> Unfortunately this never really worked reliably, and in practice ended
> up pushing the real Oops off the screen due to plentyfull locking,
> sleep-while-atomic and other issues. So we removed all that support
> from the fbdev emulation a while back. Aside: We've also removed the
> kgdb support, for similar reasons.
> 
> Since it's such a small patch I figured I don't split this up into the
> usual 3-phase removal.
> 
> Cc: Ben Skeggs <redacted>
> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <redacted>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Hans de Goede <redacted>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <redacted>
> Cc: Alexander Kapshuk <redacted>
> Cc: Kees Cook <redacted>
> Cc: Thierry Reding <redacted>
> Cc: David Lechner <david@lechnology.com>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Cc: <redacted>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <redacted>

Acked-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <redacted>

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics
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