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What about this proposal:
a) adding a Kconfig option like:
   CONFIG_FB_DRIVERS - enable if you need the fbdev drivers. For DRM-only this should be disabled.
b) Add to every native fbdev driver a "depends on FB_DRIVERS" in the Kconfig files.
c) That way we can use "#if defined(CONFIG_FB_DRIVERS).." to exclude code in fbcon which
   isn't needed by DRM.

I proposed something similar in:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210827100027.1577561-1-javierm@redhat.com/t/ (local)

Best regards,
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Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat