Re: [PATCH] fbdev: udlfb: make CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional

[sukrut heroorkar <hsukrut3@gmail.com>]

Hi

On Thu, Oct 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Am 02.10.25 um 08:41 schrieb Helge Deller:
> >>>> kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:
> >>>
> >>> Did you compile and test this code before submitting this patch?
> >>
> >> Yes, I had compiled & loaded the udlfb module with no errors. Please
> >> let me know how to proceed in this case.
> >
> > Look at the reported build error, which seems to happen in dev_dbg().
> > So, maybe in your testing you did not have debugging enabled?
> > The report contains the .config file with which you can test.
>
> Can we rather make an effort to remove the udlfb driver entirely? A few
> years back, there was one user who was still using it because of some
> problems with the DRM udl driver. But I think we've addressed them. The
> discussion is at [1].
Should I send a patch series to completely remove udlfb, since [1] echoed that
DRM udl driver is good enough?
>
> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20201130125200.10416-1-tzimmermann@suse.de/
>
> Best regards
> Thomas
>
> >
> > Helge
>
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