Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] fbdev: Give atafb proper parent

Michael Schmitz <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-fbdev,org.kernel.vger.linux-m68k
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi Thomas,

Am 17.08.2026 um 18:34 schrieb Thomas Zimmermann:
> Hi
>
> Am 16.08.26 um 09:37 schrieb Michael Schmitz:
>> From: Miro Kropacek <[email protected]>
>>
>> The atafb fb device registers no parent, causing a missing symlink
>> (/sys/class/graphics/fb0/device). Xorg fbdevhw driver looks for that
>> symlink when scanning for devices, so add a parent node for atafb.
>
> Do you really have these devices to test with?

Not the particular hardware that patches 3 and 4 add support for, but 
the 'normal' Videl that is found in every Falcon, yes.

> If so, could you also replace the hard coded fb_info with a call to
> framebuffer_alloc()?

Can't see how that would work - fb_info isn't passed to all functions 
that need to use it, especially in the hardware detection phase (hence 
the use of a static fb_info struct)?

Cheers,

	Michael

>>
>> Signed-off-by: Miro Kropacek <[email protected]>
>> Reviewed-by: Michael Schmitz <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Schmitz <[email protected]>
>> Cc: <[email protected]>
>> Link: https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2026/08/msg00000.html
>> ---
>>   drivers/video/fbdev/atafb.c | 5 +++++
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/atafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/atafb.c
>> index b8ed1c537293..3d540803dc2b 100644
>> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/atafb.c
>> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/atafb.c
>> @@ -3101,6 +3101,11 @@ static int __init atafb_probe(struct
>> platform_device *pdev)
>>   #endif /* ATAFB_EXT */
>>     //    strcpy(fb_info.mode->name, "Atari Builtin ");
>> +    /* Parent the fb device properly: without this fb0 registers as a
>> +     * virtual sysfs device with no /sys/class/graphics/fb0/device link,
>> +     * which makes Xorg's fbdevhw reject it ("No devices detected").
>> +     */
>> +    fb_info.device = &pdev->dev;
>
> Because this is supposed to happen in framebuffer_alloc() and keeping it
> there would be preferable.
>
> Best regards
> Thomas
>
>>       fb_info.fbops = &atafb_ops;
>>       // try to set default (detected; requested) var
>>       do_fb_set_var(&atafb_predefined[default_par - 1], 1);
>
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