[PATCH] ARM: shmobile: defconfig: Restore graphical consoles

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Laurent,

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 1:44 PM Laurent Pinchart
<laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 01:35:34PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 1:25 PM Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 12:16:57PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > As of commit f611b1e7624ccdbd ("drm: Avoid circular dependencies for
> > > > CONFIG_FB"), CONFIG_FB is no longer auto-enabled.  While CONFIG_FB may
> > > > be considered unneeded for systems where graphics is provided by a DRM
> > > > driver, R-Mobile A1 still relies on a frame buffer device driver for
> > > > graphics support.
> > > >
> > > > Restore support for graphics on R-Mobile A1 and graphical consoles on
> > > > DRM-based systems by explicitly enabling CONFIG_FB in the defconfig for
> > > > Renesas ARM systems.
> > >
> > > Does anyone still care about the Armadillo board ?
> >
> > I do. It's my only Renesas board with graphical output ;-)
>
> I recommend a VGA or HDMI monitor :-) The sh-mobile-lcdcfb driver is
> unmaintained. If nostalgia is a big enough drive factor, you could try
> converting R-Mobile A1 to the shmob-drm driver :-)

I'll do so as soon as drivers/gpu/drm/shmobile has gained DT support...

> > > This being said, I think CONFIG_FB should be added , but for a different
> > > reason. There's no KMS console driver, so the only option we have today,
> > > even when a KMS driver is available, is to go through FBDEV emulation,
> > > which requires CONFIG_FB to be enabled.
> >
> > That's covered by "Restore [...] graphical consoles on DRM-based
> > systems", right?
>
> I had read the commit message as implying that a graphical console can
> be available without FB when a KMS driver is available.

I was wondering if you still wanted a graphical console on top of a
DRM driver...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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