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

Julian Braha <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-fbdev,org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Thomas,

On 6/17/26 09:17, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Mark CONFIG_SYSFB_SIMPLEFB as deprecated. Enabling it allows to

>  config SYSFB_SIMPLEFB
> -	bool "Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer"
> +	bool "Mark VGA/VBE/EFI FB as generic system framebuffer (deprecated)"

In v2, I think it also makes sense to add the 'transitional' attribute
to the Kconfig entry to help phase it out.

Also see this patch message for an explanation of 'transitional':
https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/

- Julian Braha
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