[PATCH v2 5/5] fbdev: Define framebuffer I/O from Linux' I/O functions

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi Sam

Am 28.04.23 um 18:54 schrieb Sam Ravnborg:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2023 at 04:18:38PM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
>> I'd be happy to have fb_() wrappers that are I/O helpers without
>> ordering guarantees. I'd just wouldn't want them in <linux/fb.h>
> 
> How about throwing them into a new drm_fb.h header file.
> This header file could be the home for all the fb stuff that is
> shared between drm and the legacy fbdev.
> 
> Then we may slowly migrate more fbdev stuff to drm and let the legacy
> fbdev stuff use the maintained drm stuff.
> Dunno, the pain may not be worth it.

DRM might not be relevant if we can remove fb_mem*(). So I'd like to go 
back to something closer to v1 of these patches. See my reply to Arnd.

Best regards
Thomas

> 
> 	Sam

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