[PATCH v2 0/3] drm,fbdev: Fix module dependencies
Thomas Zimmermann
tzimmermann at suse.de
Thu Dec 12 21:04:42 AEDT 2024
Fix the dependencies among the various graphics modules.
Before addressing the FB_CORE issue, patch 1 first resolves a problem
with BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE. A number of fbdev drivers select it, which
results in a recursive-dependency error after patch has been applied.
Making these drivers (or parts of them) depend on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
fixes this.
Patch 2 selects FB_CORE for DRM_GEM_DMA_HELPER and DRM_TTM_HELPER.
This is necessary with the recently added DRM client library.
Patch 3 is the second half of the patch provided by Arnd at [1]. It
could not yet be merged because of the issues fixed by patch 1.
Side note: For the majority of graphics drivers, backlight functionality
depends on BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE. In a few cases drivers select the
Kconfig token automatically. These drivers should be updated to depends
on the token as well, such that backlight functionality is fully user-
controlled.
v2:
- s/BACKLIGHT_DEVICE_CLASS/BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE (Helge)
- Fix fbdev driver-dependency corner case (Arnd)
[1] https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/141411/
Arnd Bergmann (1):
drm: rework FB_CORE dependency
Thomas Zimmermann (2):
fbdev: Fix recursive dependencies wrt BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
drm/fbdev: Select FB_CORE dependency for fbdev on DMA and TTM
drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig | 2 +-
drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig | 3 +++
drivers/macintosh/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/staging/fbtft/Kconfig | 1 +
drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig | 18 +++++++++++++-----
drivers/video/fbdev/core/Kconfig | 3 +--
6 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
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