From: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, emil.l.velikov@gmail.com, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] fbdev: annotate rivafb/nvidiafb as obsolete Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 22:05:23 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20200517220524.4036334-1-emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> (raw) Drivers have not seen any love for years. Be that fixes or improvements, or cosmetics like introducing symbolic names, style and code-flow polish. Seemingly the maintainer has also disappeared years ago :-\ Considering nouveau supports all that hardware (modulo nv03) just mark these as obsolete/broken, referring to nouveau in the help text. v2 (Bartlomiej): - split config changes into separate patch - spell out nouveau DRM driver - don't use BROKEN - add runtime warning Cc: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> (v1) --- MAINTAINERS | 3 +-- drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig | 4 ++++ drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c | 3 +++ drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c | 3 +++ 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 938316092634..c9498dd15e4a 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -12055,9 +12055,8 @@ F: include/linux/nubus.h F: include/uapi/linux/nubus.h NVIDIA (rivafb and nvidiafb) FRAMEBUFFER DRIVER -M: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> L: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org -S: Maintained +S: Obsolete F: drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/ F: drivers/video/fbdev/riva/ diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig index fa88e8b9a83d..ccddd06ab430 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig @@ -881,6 +881,8 @@ config FB_NVIDIA select BITREVERSE select VGASTATE help + Obsolete, use the nouveau DRM driver instead. + This driver supports graphics boards with the nVidia chips, TNT and newer. For very old chipsets, such as the RIVA128, then use the rivafb. @@ -928,6 +930,8 @@ config FB_RIVA select BITREVERSE select VGASTATE help + Obsolete, use the nouveau DRM driver instead. + This driver supports graphics boards with the nVidia Riva/Geforce chips. Say Y if you have such a graphics board. diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c index c24de9107958..a958612ef75b 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c @@ -1512,6 +1512,9 @@ static struct pci_driver nvidiafb_driver = { static int nvidiafb_init(void) { + pr_warn("Legacy nvidiafb framebuffer driver will be removed in 2022\n" + "Please switch to nouveau DRM driver\n"); + #ifndef MODULE char *option = NULL; diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c index 764ec3285e62..c2788e22f5c1 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c @@ -2160,6 +2160,9 @@ static struct pci_driver rivafb_driver = { static int rivafb_init(void) { + pr_warn("Legacy rivafb framebuffer driver will be removed in 2022\n" + "Please switch to nouveau DRM driver\n"); + #ifndef MODULE char *option = NULL; -- 2.25.1
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From: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, emil.l.velikov@gmail.com, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] fbdev: annotate rivafb/nvidiafb as obsolete Date: Sun, 17 May 2020 23:05:23 +0100 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20200517220524.4036334-1-emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> (raw) Drivers have not seen any love for years. Be that fixes or improvements, or cosmetics like introducing symbolic names, style and code-flow polish. Seemingly the maintainer has also disappeared years ago :-\ Considering nouveau supports all that hardware (modulo nv03) just mark these as obsolete/broken, referring to nouveau in the help text. v2 (Bartlomiej): - split config changes into separate patch - spell out nouveau DRM driver - don't use BROKEN - add runtime warning Cc: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Cc: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Signed-off-by: Emil Velikov <emil.l.velikov@gmail.com> Acked-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> (v1) --- MAINTAINERS | 3 +-- drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig | 4 ++++ drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c | 3 +++ drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c | 3 +++ 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index 938316092634..c9498dd15e4a 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -12055,9 +12055,8 @@ F: include/linux/nubus.h F: include/uapi/linux/nubus.h NVIDIA (rivafb and nvidiafb) FRAMEBUFFER DRIVER -M: Antonino Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> L: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org -S: Maintained +S: Obsolete F: drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/ F: drivers/video/fbdev/riva/ diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig index fa88e8b9a83d..ccddd06ab430 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig @@ -881,6 +881,8 @@ config FB_NVIDIA select BITREVERSE select VGASTATE help + Obsolete, use the nouveau DRM driver instead. + This driver supports graphics boards with the nVidia chips, TNT and newer. For very old chipsets, such as the RIVA128, then use the rivafb. @@ -928,6 +930,8 @@ config FB_RIVA select BITREVERSE select VGASTATE help + Obsolete, use the nouveau DRM driver instead. + This driver supports graphics boards with the nVidia Riva/Geforce chips. Say Y if you have such a graphics board. diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c index c24de9107958..a958612ef75b 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/nvidia/nvidia.c @@ -1512,6 +1512,9 @@ static struct pci_driver nvidiafb_driver = { static int nvidiafb_init(void) { + pr_warn("Legacy nvidiafb framebuffer driver will be removed in 2022\n" + "Please switch to nouveau DRM driver\n"); + #ifndef MODULE char *option = NULL; diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c index 764ec3285e62..c2788e22f5c1 100644 --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/riva/fbdev.c @@ -2160,6 +2160,9 @@ static struct pci_driver rivafb_driver = { static int rivafb_init(void) { + pr_warn("Legacy rivafb framebuffer driver will be removed in 2022\n" + "Please switch to nouveau DRM driver\n"); + #ifndef MODULE char *option = NULL; -- 2.25.1 _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
next reply other threads:[~2020-05-17 22:05 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2020-05-17 22:05 Emil Velikov [this message] 2020-05-17 22:05 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] fbdev: annotate rivafb/nvidiafb as obsolete Emil Velikov 2020-05-17 22:05 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] powerpc/configs: replace deprecated riva/nvidia with nouveau Emil Velikov 2020-05-17 22:05 ` Emil Velikov 2020-05-17 22:05 ` Emil Velikov 2020-05-18 0:44 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2020-05-18 0:44 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2020-05-18 0:44 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2020-05-18 11:00 ` Emil Velikov 2020-05-18 11:00 ` Emil Velikov 2020-05-18 11:00 ` Emil Velikov 2020-05-18 12:39 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2020-05-18 12:39 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2020-05-18 12:39 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2020-05-18 7:30 ` Michael Ellerman 2020-05-18 7:30 ` Michael Ellerman 2020-05-18 7:30 ` Michael Ellerman 2020-05-18 11:19 ` Emil Velikov 2020-05-18 11:19 ` Emil Velikov 2020-05-18 11:19 ` Emil Velikov 2020-05-18 12:46 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2020-05-18 12:46 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2020-05-18 12:46 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt 2020-05-18 12:48 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz 2020-05-18 12:48 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz 2020-05-18 12:48 ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz 2020-05-18 13:19 ` Emil Velikov 2020-05-18 13:19 ` Emil Velikov 2020-05-18 13:19 ` Emil Velikov 2020-05-18 13:48 ` Andreas Schwab 2020-05-18 13:48 ` Andreas Schwab 2020-05-18 13:48 ` Andreas Schwab [not found] ` <87v9ktpd4v.fsf-hBGjKatGTSWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org> 2020-05-18 14:38 ` Ilia Mirkin [not found] ` <CAKb7UvgBhvE-dEfva+n5SUTJ4CZT2KKkno=SVb9Jx5KBbZWR+A-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> 2020-05-18 15:48 ` Andreas Schwab 2020-05-17 23:11 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] fbdev: annotate rivafb/nvidiafb as obsolete kbuild test robot 2020-05-17 23:11 ` kbuild test robot 2020-05-17 23:11 ` kbuild test robot 2020-05-17 23:11 ` kbuild test robot
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