[PATCH] drm/sun4i: Remove dependency on DRM simple helpers

Jernej Škrabec jernej.skrabec at gmail.com
Thu Jul 2 07:39:20 PDT 2026


Dne ponedeljek, 29. junij 2026 ob 08:51:52 Srednjeevropski poletni čas je Thomas Zimmermann napisal(a):
> Hi
> 
> Am 27.06.26 um 08:55 schrieb Jernej Škrabec:
> > Dne torek, 23. junij 2026 ob 22:34:40 Srednjeevropski poletni čas je Diogo Silva napisal(a):
> >> Simple KMS helper are deprecated since they only add an intermediate
> >> layer between drivers and the atomic modesetting.
> >> This patch removes the dependency on drm simple helpers from sun4i
> >> DRM drivers.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Diogo Silva <diogompaissilva at gmail.com>
> > This doesn't look as useful change. Is this tree-wide attempt? If so, it
> > should be done in one go in one patch series, coordinated with DRM
> > maintainers.
> 
> Yes, the interface is supposed to go away because it is fairly useless.  
> It's a low-effort task for beginners. Hence many people send out such 
> clean-up patches for the various drivers.  If the change is acceptable 
> to you, it would be appreciated if you could merge it into the driver.

Ok.

Reviewed-by: Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec at gmail.com>

Best regards,
Jernej





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