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Re: [PATCH] firmware: sysfb: Mark CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB as deprecated

From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Date: 2026-06-17 08:57:34
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Hi

Am 17.06.26 um 10:46 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
Thomas Zimmermann [off-list ref] writes:

Hello Thomas,

Thanks for the patch.
quoted
Mark CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB as deprecated. Enabling it allows to
run simpledrm and simplefb on EFI/VESA framebuffers. Doing this
is discouraged in favor of using efidrm and vesadrm.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
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Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Thanks. The sashiko bot detected some inconsistencies in the docs, so 
there will be a v2 of this patch.
Do you know what the policy is for removal? For example,
how many Linux releases should we wait for this to go away?
IDK. I'd wait for 2 or 3 releases after this lands and then remove it. 
It's a small change with a clear upgrade patch after all.

Best regards
Thomas
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