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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.30 / 50.00]; BAYES_HAM(-3.00)[100.00%]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.20)[-0.997]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FUZZY_RATELIMITED(0.00)[rspamd.com]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_TO(0.00)[gmail.com,vger.kernel.org]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_ENVRCPT(0.00)[gmail.com]; DKIM_SIGNED(0.00)[suse.de:s=susede2_rsa,suse.de:s=susede2_ed25519]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; DBL_BLOCKED_OPENRESOLVER(0.00)[imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org:helo,suse.com:url,suse.de:mid] X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Score: -4.30 Hi Am 10.06.26 um 05:58 schrieb Chintan Patel: > Hello Thomas, > > I'm preparing patches to add proper memory-region requests across > legacy fbdev drivers (use of > request_mem_region/pci_request_region/devm_request_mem_region where > appropriate) to avoid conflicts between fbdev and DRM drivers. I’ve > started making changes (examples: pvr2fb.c, macfb.c, cyber2000fb.c, > xilinxfb.c). > > Before I prepare a patch series, could you please advise: > > Preferred format: a single combined patch or a series of smaller > patches? If a series, do you prefer one patch per driver file, per > driver family, or grouped another way? > Any drivers or areas to exclude or treat specially (e.g., vga16fb or > VGA-exclusive ranges)? > Any tests or checks you expect before posting (build, boot smoke > tests, Kconfig options to verify)? > I can prepare an initial series and send it for review; I’ll follow > your preferred format. Thanks for guidance. Please send one patch per driver. The rest is up to you. Best regards Thomas > > Thank you, > Chintan Patel -- -- 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)