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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] drm/fb-helper: improve DRM fbdev emulation device names
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Am 25.05.21 um 17:13 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas:
> Framebuffer devices that are registered by DRM drivers for fbdev emulation
> have a "drmfb" suffix in their name. But makes them to be quite confusing
> for drivers that already have "drm" in their name:
>
> $ cat /proc/fb
> 0 rockchipdrmdrmfb
>
> $ cat /proc/fb
> 0 simpledrmdrmfb
>
> Also, there isn't a lot of value in adding these "drmfb" suffices to their
> names, since users shouldn't really care if the FB devices were registered
> by a real fbdev driver or a DRM driver using the fbdev emulation.
>
> What programs should be interested about is if there's a DRM device, and
> there are better ways to query that info than reading this procfs entry.
>
> So let's just remove the suffix, which leads to much better device names:
>
> $ cat /proc/fb
> 0 rockchipdrm
>
> $ cat /proc/fb
> 0 simpledrm
>
> Suggested-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>

Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>

> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Just remove the "drmfb" suffix instead of using a different one (tzimmermann).
>
> drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> index f6baa204612..d77a24507d3 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
> @@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ void drm_fb_helper_fill_info(struct fb_info *info,
> sizes->fb_width, sizes->fb_height);
>
> info->par = fb_helper;
> - snprintf(info->fix.id, sizeof(info->fix.id), "%sdrmfb",
> + snprintf(info->fix.id, sizeof(info->fix.id), "%s",
> fb_helper->dev->driver->name);
>
> }
>

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Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer

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