Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: improve DRM fbdev emulation device names

2021-05-25 Thread Javier Martinez Canillas
Hello, On 5/25/21 3:34 PM, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: [snip] >> >> If you guys with your distro hats on all think it doesn't matter, then >> yeah I'm all for dropping the somewhat silly -drm or drmfb suffixes. I >> think that was just way back so it's easier to know you've loaded the >> right driv

Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: improve DRM fbdev emulation device names

2021-05-25 Thread Thomas Zimmermann
Hi Am 25.05.21 um 15:08 schrieb Daniel Vetter: On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 08:53:56PM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: Hi Am 21.05.21 um 19:18 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas: On 5/21/21 6:53 PM, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: [snip] So what with all the drivers which do _not_ have drm in their nam

Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: improve DRM fbdev emulation device names

2021-05-25 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 08:53:56PM +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > Hi > > Am 21.05.21 um 19:18 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas: > > On 5/21/21 6:53 PM, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > > > > > > So what with all the drivers which do _not_ have drm in their name? Also > > > >

Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: improve DRM fbdev emulation device names

2021-05-21 Thread Thomas Zimmermann
Hi Am 21.05.21 um 19:18 schrieb Javier Martinez Canillas: On 5/21/21 6:53 PM, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: [snip] So what with all the drivers which do _not_ have drm in their name? Also I'm never sure how much these are uapi or not ... That someone could threat as an uapi is a fair point in

Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: improve DRM fbdev emulation device names

2021-05-21 Thread Javier Martinez Canillas
On 5/21/21 6:53 PM, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: [snip] >> >> So what with all the drivers which do _not_ have drm in their name? Also >> I'm never sure how much these are uapi or not ... > That someone could threat as an uapi is a fair point indeed. > Why do we need a suffix anyway? > Yes, I th

Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: improve DRM fbdev emulation device names

2021-05-21 Thread Thomas Zimmermann
Hi Am 21.05.21 um 17:33 schrieb Daniel Vetter: On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 03:19:10PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: 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 if a driver already has "

Re: [PATCH] drm/fb-helper: improve DRM fbdev emulation device names

2021-05-21 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 03:19:10PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > 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 > if a driver already has "drm" in its name: > > $ cat /proc/fb > 0 roc

[PATCH] drm/fb-helper: improve DRM fbdev emulation device names

2021-05-21 Thread 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 if a driver already has "drm" in its name: $ cat /proc/fb 0 rockchipdrmdrmfb $ cat /proc/fb 0 simpledrmdrmfb Instead, let's just add a "-fb" suffix