Re: [PATCH 0/8] firmware: sysfb: Consolidate config/code wrt. sysfb_primary_screen

Hi

Am 30.04.26 um 05:25 schrieb [email protected]:
> Hello:
>
> This series was applied to riscv/linux.git (fixes)
> by Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]>:

Patch 3 was fairly controversial.

Best regards
Thomas

>
> On Thu,  2 Apr 2026 11:09:14 +0200 you wrote:
>> The global state sysfb_primary_screen holds information about the
>> framebuffer provided by EFI/BIOS systems. It is part of the sysfb
>> module, but used in several places without direct connection to
>> sysfb. Fix this by making users of sysfb_primary_screen depend on
>> CONFIG_SYSFB. Fix a few issues in the process.
>>
>> Patches 1 and 2 fix general errors in the Kconfig rules. In any case,
>> these patches should be considered even without the rest of the series.
>>
>> [...]
> Here is the summary with links:
>    - [1/8] hv: Select CONFIG_SYSFB only for CONFIG_HYPERV_VMBUS
>      https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/d33db956c961
>    - [2/8] firmware: efi: Never declare sysfb_primary_display on x86
>      https://git.kernel.org/riscv/c/5241c2ca33bb
>    - [3/8] firmware: sysfb: Make CONFIG_SYSFB a user-selectable option
>      (no matching commit)
>    - [4/8] firmware: sysfb: Split sysfb.c into sysfb_primary.c and sysfb_pci.c
>      (no matching commit)
>    - [5/8] firmware: sysfb: Implement screen_info relocation for primary display
>      (no matching commit)
>    - [6/8] firmware: sysfb: Avoid forward-declaring sysfb_parent_dev()
>      (no matching commit)
>    - [7/8] firmware: efi: Make CONFIG_EFI_EARLYCON depend on CONFIG_SYSFB; clean up
>      (no matching commit)
>    - [8/8] firmware: sysfb: Move CONFIG_FIRMWARE_EDID to firmware options
>      (no matching commit)
>
> You are awesome, thank you!

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