[PATCH v3 4/6] fbdev: Include <linux/io.h> via <asm/fb.h>

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Wed May 3 01:52:34 PDT 2023


On Wed, May 3, 2023, at 10:12, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Am 03.05.23 um 09:19 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
>> Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann at suse.de> writes:
>>>>
>>>> There are countless examples where the above are not followed,
>>>> but to my best understanding the above it the preferred way to do it.
>>>
>>> Where did youher this? I only know about this in the case of asm/io.h
>>> vs. linux/io.h.
>>>
>> 
>> I understand that's the case too. I believe even checkpatch.pl complains
>> about it? (not that the script always get right, but just as an example).
>
> Do you know if that's the general rule? If so, we might want to 
> repurpose <asm/fbio.h> for the framebuffer I/O functions.

It's certainly the general trend across all of the kernel to have
drivers prefer including linux/*.h, and to move stuff from asm/*.h
to linux/*.h as it gets generalized across architectures.

     Arnd



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