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    SubjectRe: fbdev sysfs support.
    On Sat, Feb 07, 2004 at 01:23:29AM +0000, James Simmons wrote:
    >
    > > This function will not get called until the sysfs node stops being busy,
    > > so it should all work properly. But only if that fb_info structure was
    > > allocated dynamically, unlike all of the current fb drivers (see my
    > > other comment about this patch.)
    > >
    > > So in that case, this will cause us to try to call kfree on a static
    > > structure :(
    >
    > I plan to move every driver to framebuffer_alloc.

    When? With this patchset? Or at a later time? It all needs to be done
    at the same time to prevent easy kernel oopses.

    thanks,

    greg k-h
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