Re: [PATCH] ARM: config: Refresh mutli v7

On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 at 09:30, Arnd Bergmann [off-list ref] wrote:

On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 6:49 PM Hans Verkuil [off-list ref] wrote:

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On 08/06/2021 18:14, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

Right now it is inherent to the driver. It is probably possible to drop support
for video overlay devices if CONFIG_FB=n, but it is not something I have time
for. It's just a test driver (albeit a very useful test driver), so it is no
big deal if it is disabled when CONFIG_FB=n.

Ok, thanks for the reply, makes sense.

I checked what other consequences there are if we disable CONFIG_FB
and CONFIG_DRM_KMS_FB_HELPER=y in all the defconfigs now,
as the patch from Kees did.

It appears that the only other arm32 framebuffers that remain are
FB_EFI=y, FB_WM8505=y, FB_MX3=m and FB_SIMPLE=y.

FB_SH_MOBILE_LCDC on arm32 too.

As long as simplefb, efifb and xenfb are needed though, we probably
want CONFIG_FB=y anyway and leaving VIVID=m with the dependency
does not cause problems until those are all turned into drm drivers.

I will go ahead with this for the v7 defconfig.

Cheers,

Joel