Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] video: screen_info cleanups - Greg Kroah-Hartman

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] video: screen_info cleanups
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:20:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023101007-retread-spyglass-4b8c@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZSU59yPUO_Fu39o5@phenom.ffwll.local>

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 01:48:07PM +0200, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 11:18:36PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > 
> > v3 changelog
> > 
> > No real changes, just rebased for context changes, and picked up the Acks.
> > 
> > This now conflicts with the ia64 removal and introduces one new dependency
> > on IA64, but that is harmless and trivial to deal with later.
> > 
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230719123944.3438363-1-arnd@kernel.org/
> > ---
> > v2 changelog
> > 
> > I refreshed the first four patches that I sent before with very minor
> > updates, and then added some more to further disaggregate the use
> > of screen_info:
> > 
> >  - I found that powerpc wasn't using vga16fb any more
> > 
> >  - vgacon can be almost entirely separated from the global
> >    screen_info, except on x86
> > 
> >  - similarly, the EFI framebuffer initialization can be
> >    kept separate, except on x86.
> > 
> > I did extensive build testing on arm/arm64/x86 and the normal built bot
> > testing for the other architectures.
> > 
> > Which tree should this get merged through?
> 
> I guess if no one else volunteers (Greg maybe?) I can stuff this into
> drm-misc ...

Oh, hey, console code is for me, I keep forgetting.

I can take it, looks like we have enough acks now, thanks for reminding
me!

greg k-h