[PATCH v3 0/6] fbdev: Move framebuffer I/O helpers to <asm/fb.h>

Thomas Zimmermann tzimmermann at suse.de
Tue May 2 06:02:17 PDT 2023


(was: fbdev: Use regular I/O function for framebuffers)

Fbdev provides helpers for framebuffer I/O, such as fb_readl(),
fb_writel() or fb_memcpy_to_fb(). The implementation of each helper
depends on the architecture, but they are all equivalent to regular
I/O functions of similar names. So use regular functions instead and
move all helpers into <asm-generic/fb.h>

The first patch a simple whitespace cleanup.

Until now, <linux/fb.h> contained an include of <asm/io.h>. As this
will go away patches 2 to 4 prepare include statements in the various
drivers. Source files that use regular I/O helpers, such as readl(),
now include <linux/io.h>. Source files that use framebuffer I/O
helpers, such as fb_readl(), also include <asm/fb.h>.

Patch 5 replaces the architecture-based if-else branching in 
<linux/fb.h> by helpers in <asm-generic/fb.h>. All helpers use Linux'
existing I/O functions.

Patch 6 harmonizes naming among fbdev and existing I/O functions.

The patchset has been built for a variety of platforms, such as x86-64,
arm, aarch64, ppc64, parisc, m64k, mips and sparc.

v3:
	* add the new helpers in <asm-generic/fb.h>
	* support reordering and native byte order (Geert, Arnd)
v2:
	* use Linux I/O helpers (Sam, Arnd)

Thomas Zimmermann (6):
  fbdev/matrox: Remove trailing whitespaces
  ipu-v3: Include <linux/io.h>
  fbdev: Include <linux/io.h> in various drivers
  fbdev: Include <linux/io.h> via <asm/fb.h>
  fbdev: Move framebuffer I/O helpers into <asm/fb.h>
  fbdev: Rename fb_mem*() helpers

 drivers/gpu/ipu-v3/ipu-prv.h                |   1 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/arcfb.c                 |   1 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/arkfb.c                 |   2 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb.h             |   2 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/aty/mach64_cursor.c     |   4 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/chipsfb.c               |   3 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/cirrusfb.c              |   2 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/cfbcopyarea.c      |   2 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/cfbfillrect.c      |   1 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/cfbimgblt.c        |   1 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c            |   4 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/core/svgalib.c          |   3 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/cyber2000fb.c           |   2 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/ep93xx-fb.c             |   2 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/hgafb.c                 |   3 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/hitfb.c                 |   2 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/kyro/fbdev.c            |   5 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_accel.c |   8 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/matrox/matroxfb_base.h  |   6 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/pm2fb.c                 |   3 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/pm3fb.c                 |   2 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/pvr2fb.c                |   4 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/s3fb.c                  |   2 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/sm712fb.c               |   2 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/sstfb.c                 |   4 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/stifb.c                 |   6 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/tdfxfb.c                |   5 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/tridentfb.c             |   2 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/vga16fb.c               |   3 +-
 drivers/video/fbdev/vt8623fb.c              |   2 +
 drivers/video/fbdev/wmt_ge_rops.c           |   2 +
 include/asm-generic/fb.h                    | 102 ++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/fb.h                          |  53 ----------
 33 files changed, 167 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)

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