From: "Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>,
Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>,
linux-mips@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: maxinefb: fix build issues
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:24:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8ce99afa-1162-4910-92a4-6cb2973ea977@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260809234810.982500-1-rdunlap@infradead.org>
Hi Randy,
On 10/8/26 01:48, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> This is all ancient source code from the beginning of git time.
> Now builds cleanly on 32-bit and 64-bit MACH_DECSTATION.
>
> Fixes these build errors/warnings:
>
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:64:6: warning: no previous prototype for 'maxinefb_ims332_write_register' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> 64 | void maxinefb_ims332_write_register(int regno, register unsigned int val)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> In file included from ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:34:
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c: In function 'maxinefb_ims332_write_register':
> ../include/video/maxinefb.h:16:41: error: implicit declaration of function 'KSEG1ADDR'; did you mean 'CKSEG1ADDR'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
> 16 | #define MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS KSEG1ADDR(0x1c140000)
> | ^~~~~~~~~
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:66:49: note: in expansion of macro 'MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS'
> 66 | register unsigned char *regs = (char *) MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS;
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:66:40: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
> 66 | register unsigned char *regs = (char *) MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS;
> | ^
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c: At top level:
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:74:14: warning: no previous prototype for 'maxinefb_ims332_read_register' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> 74 | unsigned int maxinefb_ims332_read_register(int regno)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c: At top level:
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:74:21: warning: 'maxinefb_ims332_read_register' defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
> 74 | static unsigned int maxinefb_ims332_read_register(int regno)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c: In function 'maxinefb_ims332_read_register':
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:76:40: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size [-Wint-to-pointer-cast]
> 76 | register unsigned char *regs = (char *) MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS;
> | ^
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c: At top level:
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:114:12: warning: no previous prototype for 'maxinefb_init' [-Wmissing-prototypes]
> 114 | int __init maxinefb_init(void)
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In file included from ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:34:
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c: In function 'maxinefb_init':
> ../include/video/maxinefb.h:22:41: error: implicit declaration of function 'KSEG1ADDR'; did you mean 'CKSEG1ADDR'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
> 22 | #define DS5000_xx_ONBOARD_FBMEM_START KSEG1ADDR(0x0a000000)
> | ^~~~~~~~~
> ../drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c:119:20: note: in expansion of macro 'DS5000_xx_ONBOARD_FBMEM_START'
> 119 | fb_start = DS5000_xx_ONBOARD_FBMEM_START;
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Suggested-by: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk> # for s/KSEG1ADDR/CKSEG1ADDR/
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> ---
> Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@orcam.me.uk>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
> Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org
> Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
> Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org
>
> drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c | 17 ++---------------
> include/video/maxinefb.h | 4 ++--
> 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>
> --- linux-next-20260807.orig/drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c
> +++ linux-next-20260807/drivers/video/fbdev/maxinefb.c
> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static struct fb_fix_screeninfo maxinefb
>
> /* Handle the funny Inmos RamDAC/video controller ... */
>
> -void maxinefb_ims332_write_register(int regno, register unsigned int val)
> +static void maxinefb_ims332_write_register(int regno, register unsigned int val)
> {
> register unsigned char *regs = (char *) MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS;
> unsigned char *wptr;
> @@ -71,19 +71,6 @@ void maxinefb_ims332_write_register(int
> *((volatile unsigned short *) (wptr)) = val;
> }
>
> -unsigned int maxinefb_ims332_read_register(int regno)
> -{
> - register unsigned char *regs = (char *) MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS;
> - unsigned char *rptr;
> - register unsigned int j, k;
> -
> - rptr = regs + 0x80000 + (regno << 4);
> - j = *((volatile unsigned short *) rptr);
> - k = *((volatile unsigned short *) regs);
> -
> - return (j & 0xffff) | ((k & 0xff00) << 8);
> -}
> -
> /* Set the palette */
> static int maxinefb_setcolreg(unsigned regno, unsigned red, unsigned green,
> unsigned blue, unsigned transp, struct fb_info *info)
> @@ -111,7 +98,7 @@ static const struct fb_ops maxinefb_ops
> .fb_setcolreg = maxinefb_setcolreg,
> };
>
> -int __init maxinefb_init(void)
> +static int __init maxinefb_init(void)
> {
> unsigned long fboff;
> unsigned long fb_start;
> --- linux-next-20260807.orig/include/video/maxinefb.h
> +++ linux-next-20260807/include/video/maxinefb.h
> @@ -13,13 +13,13 @@
> /*
> * IMS332 video controller register base address
> */
> -#define MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS KSEG1ADDR(0x1c140000)
> +#define MAXINEFB_IMS332_ADDRESS CKSEG1ADDR(0x1c140000)
>
> /*
> * Begin of DECstation 5000/xx onboard framebuffer memory, default resolution
> * is 1024x768x8
> */
> -#define DS5000_xx_ONBOARD_FBMEM_START KSEG1ADDR(0x0a000000)
> +#define DS5000_xx_ONBOARD_FBMEM_START CKSEG1ADDR(0x0a000000)
The change looks correct, but clearly this has never been tested
on a 64-bit DECstation, so I'm not sure having this code being
now built is an improvement.
What about:
-- >8 --
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
index ac9ac4287c6a..ff17afe6b8b3 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ config FB_PMAGB_B
config FB_MAXINE
bool "Maxine (Personal DECstation) onboard framebuffer support"
- depends on (FB = y) && MACH_DECSTATION
+ depends on (FB = y) && MACH_DECSTATION && 32BIT
select FB_IOMEM_HELPERS
help
Support for the onboard framebuffer (1024x768x8) in the Personal
---
?
Regards,
Phil.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-10 3:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-09 23:48 Randy Dunlap
2026-08-10 3:24 ` Philippe Mathieu-Daudé [this message]
2026-08-10 3:29 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-08-13 18:14 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-08-13 16:11 ` Helge Deller
2026-08-13 18:16 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-08-13 20:52 ` Helge Deller
2026-08-13 17:31 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2026-08-13 21:46 ` Randy Dunlap
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