[PATCH v4 0/6] fbdev: Move framebuffer I/O helpers to <asm/fb.h>

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Thu, May 4, 2023, at 09:45, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> 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(), now include <linux/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.

The whole series looks good to me now,

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>