From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
To: Chintan Patel <chintanlike@gmail.com>,
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev,
linux-omap@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
andy@kernel.org, deller@gmx.de, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] fbdev: omapfb: Make FB_DEVICE dependency optional
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 08:33:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aa922030-b0a1-4503-a3c0-7ce4c36c236e@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260107044258.528624-4-chintanlike@gmail.com>
Am 07.01.26 um 05:42 schrieb Chintan Patel:
> omapfb provides several sysfs interfaces for framebuffer configuration
> and debugging, but these are not required for the core driver.
>
> Remove the hard dependency on CONFIG_FB_DEVICE and make sysfs support
> optional by using dev_of_fbinfo() to obtain the backing device at runtime.
> When FB_DEVICE is disabled, sysfs operations are skipped while the code
> still builds and is type-checked.
>
> Suggested-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
> Signed-off-by: Chintan Patel <chintanlike@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> ---
> drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/Kconfig | 3 ++-
> .../video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-sysfs.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/Kconfig b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/Kconfig
> index f4cdf999a080..2d20e79adefc 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/Kconfig
> @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ config OMAP2_VRFB
> menuconfig FB_OMAP2
> tristate "OMAP2+ frame buffer support"
> depends on FB
> - depends on FB_DEVICE
> depends on DRM_OMAP = n
> depends on GPIOLIB
> select FB_OMAP2_DSS
> @@ -13,6 +12,8 @@ menuconfig FB_OMAP2
> select FB_IOMEM_HELPERS
> help
> Frame buffer driver for OMAP2+ based boards.
> + FB_DEVICE is not required, but if enabled, provides sysfs interface
> + for framebuffer configuration and debugging.
>
> if FB_OMAP2
>
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-sysfs.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-sysfs.c
> index 831b2c2fbdf9..38a635d38d58 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-sysfs.c
> @@ -558,10 +558,15 @@ int omapfb_create_sysfs(struct omapfb2_device *fbdev)
>
> DBG("create sysfs for fbs\n");
> for (i = 0; i < fbdev->num_fbs; i++) {
> + struct device *dev;
> int t;
> +
> + dev = dev_of_fbinfo(fbdev->fbs[i]);
> + if (!dev)
> + continue;
> +
> for (t = 0; t < ARRAY_SIZE(omapfb_attrs); t++) {
> - r = device_create_file(fbdev->fbs[i]->dev,
> - &omapfb_attrs[t]);
> + r = device_create_file(dev, &omapfb_attrs[t]);
>
> if (r) {
> dev_err(fbdev->dev, "failed to create sysfs "
> @@ -580,9 +585,14 @@ void omapfb_remove_sysfs(struct omapfb2_device *fbdev)
>
> DBG("remove sysfs for fbs\n");
> for (i = 0; i < fbdev->num_fbs; i++) {
> + struct device *dev;
> +
> + dev = dev_of_fbinfo(fbdev->fbs[i]);
> + if (!dev)
> + continue;
> +
> for (t = 0; t < ARRAY_SIZE(omapfb_attrs); t++)
> - device_remove_file(fbdev->fbs[i]->dev,
> - &omapfb_attrs[t]);
> + device_remove_file(dev, &omapfb_attrs[t]);
> }
> }
>
--
--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Frankenstr. 146, 90461 Nürnberg, Germany, www.suse.com
GF: Jochen Jaser, Andrew McDonald, Werner Knoblich, (HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-07 7:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-07 4:42 [PATCH v4 0/4] fbdev: Make CONFIG_FB_DEVICE optional for drivers Chintan Patel
2026-01-07 4:42 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] fb: Add dev_of_fbinfo() helper for optional sysfs support Chintan Patel
2026-01-07 7:32 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-01-11 18:50 ` Helge Deller
2026-01-11 19:51 ` Chintan Patel
2026-01-07 4:42 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] staging: fbtft: Make FB_DEVICE dependency optional Chintan Patel
2026-01-07 7:33 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2026-01-07 15:16 ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-07 4:42 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] fbdev: omapfb: " Chintan Patel
2026-01-07 7:33 ` Thomas Zimmermann [this message]
2026-01-11 18:52 ` Helge Deller
2026-01-07 4:42 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] fbdev: sh_mobile_lcdc: " Chintan Patel
2026-01-07 7:33 ` Thomas Zimmermann
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