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<updated>2022-03-07T12:54:59+00:00</updated>
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<title>nds32: Remove the architecture</title>
<updated>2022-03-07T12:54:59+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alan Kao</name>
<email>alankao@andestech.com</email>
</author>
<published>2022-03-02T07:42:45+00:00</published>
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The nds32 architecture, also known as AndeStar V3, is a custom 32-bit
RISC target designed by Andes Technologies. Support was added to the
kernel in 2016 as the replacement RISC-V based V5 processors were
already announced, and maintained by (current or former) Andes
employees.

As explained by Alan Kao, new customers are now all using RISC-V,
and all known nds32 users are already on longterm stable kernels
provided by Andes, with no development work going into mainline
support any more.

While the port is still in a reasonably good shape, it only gets
worse over time without active maintainers, so it seems best
to remove it before it becomes unusable. As always, if it turns
out that there are mainline users after all, and they volunteer
to maintain the port in the future, the removal can be reverted.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/YhdWNLUhk+x9RAzU@yamatobi.andestech.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220302065213.82702-1-alankao@andestech.com/
Link: https://www.andestech.com/en/products-solutions/andestar-architecture/
Signed-off-by: Alan Kao &lt;alankao@andestech.com&gt;
[arnd: rewrite changelog to provide more background]
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>fbcon: Add option to enable legacy hardware acceleration</title>
<updated>2022-02-02T14:16:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Helge Deller</name>
<email>deller@gmx.de</email>
</author>
<published>2022-02-02T13:55:31+00:00</published>
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Add a config option CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION to
enable bitblt and fillrect hardware acceleration in the framebuffer
console. If disabled, such acceleration will not be used, even if it is
supported by the graphics hardware driver.

If you plan to use DRM as your main graphics output system, you should
disable this option since it will prevent compiling in code which isn't
used later on when DRM takes over.

For all other configurations, e.g. if none of your graphic cards support
DRM (yet), DRM isn't available for your architecture, or you can't be
sure that the graphic card in the target system will support DRM, you
most likely want to enable this option.

In the non-accelerated case (e.g. when DRM is used), the inlined
fb_scrollmode() function is hardcoded to return SCROLL_REDRAW and as such the
compiler is able to optimize much unneccesary code away.

In this v3 patch version I additionally changed the GETVYRES() and GETVXRES()
macros to take a pointer to the fbcon_display struct. This fixes the build when
console rotation is enabled and helps the compiler again to optimize out code.

Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v5.10+
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter &lt;daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch&gt;
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20220202135531.92183-4-deller@gmx.de
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<entry>
<title>Merge v5.16-rc5 into drm-next</title>
<updated>2021-12-14T09:24:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Vetter</name>
<email>daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch</email>
</author>
<published>2021-12-14T08:43:25+00:00</published>
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Thomas Zimmermann requested a fixes backmerge, specifically also for
96c5f82ef0a1 ("drm/vc4: fix error code in vc4_create_object()")

Just a bunch of adjacent changes conflicts, even the big pile of them
in vc4.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter &lt;daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'drm-misc-next-2021-11-29' of git://anongit.freedesktop.org/drm/drm-misc into drm-next</title>
<updated>2021-12-09T08:31:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Daniel Vetter</name>
<email>daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch</email>
</author>
<published>2021-12-09T08:31:44+00:00</published>
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drm-misc-next for 5.17:

UAPI Changes:

Cross-subsystem Changes:

 * Move 'nomodeset' kernel boot option into DRM subsystem

Core Changes:

 * Replace several DRM_*() logging macros with drm_*() equivalents
 * panel: Add quirk for Lenovo Yoga Book X91F/L
 * ttm: Documentation fixes

Driver Changes:

 * Cleanup nomodeset handling in drivers
 * Fixes
 * bridge/anx7625: Fix reading EDID; Fix error code
 * bridge/megachips: Probe both bridges before registering
 * vboxvideo: Fix ERR_PTR usage

Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter &lt;daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch&gt;

From: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/YaSVz15Q7dAlEevU@linux-uq9g.fritz.box
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<entry>
<title>drm: Move nomodeset kernel parameter to the DRM subsystem</title>
<updated>2021-11-27T12:52:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Javier Martinez Canillas</name>
<email>javierm@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-11-12T13:32:27+00:00</published>
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The "nomodeset" kernel cmdline parameter is handled by the vgacon driver
but the exported vgacon_text_force() symbol is only used by DRM drivers.

It makes much more sense for the parameter logic to be in the subsystem
of the drivers that are making use of it.

Let's move the vgacon_text_force() function and related logic to the DRM
subsystem. While doing that, rename it to drm_firmware_drivers_only() and
make it return true if "nomodeset" was used and false otherwise. This is
a better description of the condition that the drivers are testing for.

Suggested-by: Daniel Vetter &lt;daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch&gt;
Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas &lt;javierm@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Thomas Zimmermann &lt;tzimmermann@suse.de&gt;
Acked-by: Jani Nikula &lt;jani.nikula@intel.com&gt;
Acked-by: Pekka Paalanen &lt;pekka.paalanen@collabora.com&gt;
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20211112133230.1595307-4-javierm@redhat.com
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<title>vgacon: Propagate console boot parameters before calling `vc_resize'</title>
<updated>2021-11-25T17:23:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Maciej W. Rozycki</name>
<email>macro@orcam.me.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2021-10-25T22:26:22+00:00</published>
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Fix a division by zero in `vgacon_resize' with a backtrace like:

vgacon_resize
vc_do_resize
vgacon_init
do_bind_con_driver
do_unbind_con_driver
fbcon_fb_unbind
do_unregister_framebuffer
do_register_framebuffer
register_framebuffer
__drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock
drm_helper_hpd_irq_event
dw_hdmi_irq
irq_thread
kthread

caused by `c-&gt;vc_cell_height' not having been initialized.  This has
only started to trigger with commit 860dafa90259 ("vt: Fix character
height handling with VT_RESIZEX"), however the ultimate offender is
commit 50ec42edd978 ("[PATCH] Detaching fbcon: fix vgacon to allow
retaking of the console").

Said commit has added a call to `vc_resize' whenever `vgacon_init' is
called with the `init' argument set to 0, which did not happen before.
And the call is made before a key vgacon boot parameter retrieved in
`vgacon_startup' has been propagated in `vgacon_init' for `vc_resize' to
use to the console structure being worked on.  Previously the parameter
was `c-&gt;vc_font.height' and now it is `c-&gt;vc_cell_height'.

In this particular scenario the registration of fbcon has failed and vt
resorts to vgacon.  Now fbcon does have initialized `c-&gt;vc_font.height'
somehow, unlike `c-&gt;vc_cell_height', which is why this code did not
crash before, but either way the boot parameters should have been copied
to the console structure ahead of the call to `vc_resize' rather than
afterwards, so that first the call has a chance to use them and second
they do not change the console structure to something possibly different
from what was used by `vc_resize'.

Move the propagation of the vgacon boot parameters ahead of the call to
`vc_resize' then.  Adjust the comment accordingly.

Fixes: 50ec42edd978 ("[PATCH] Detaching fbcon: fix vgacon to allow retaking of the console")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v2.6.18+
Reported-by: Wim Osterholt &lt;wim@djo.tudelft.nl&gt;
Reported-by: Pavel V. Panteleev &lt;panteleev_p@mcst.ru&gt;
Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki &lt;macro@orcam.me.uk&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.21.2110252317110.58149@angie.orcam.me.uk
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>parisc/sticon: fix reverse colors</title>
<updated>2021-11-17T10:04:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Sven Schnelle</name>
<email>svens@stackframe.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-11-14T16:08:17+00:00</published>
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sticon_build_attr() checked the reverse argument and flipped
background and foreground color, but returned the non-reverse
value afterwards. Fix this and also add two local variables
for foreground and background color to make the code easier
to read.

Signed-off-by: Sven Schnelle &lt;svens@stackframe.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller &lt;deller@gmx.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>um: allow disabling NO_IOMEM</title>
<updated>2021-06-17T19:44:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Johannes Berg</name>
<email>johannes.berg@intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-03-05T12:19:51+00:00</published>
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Adjust the kconfig a little to allow disabling NO_IOMEM in UML. To
make an "allyesconfig" with CONFIG_NO_IOMEM=n build, adjust a few
Kconfig things elsewhere and add dummy asm/fb.h and asm/vga.h files.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg &lt;johannes.berg@intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'resizex' (patches from Maciej)</title>
<updated>2021-05-13T18:12:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-13T18:12:51+00:00</published>
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Merge VT_RESIZEX fixes from Maciej Rozycki:
 "I got to the bottom of the issue with VT_RESIZEX recently discussed
  and came up with this small patch series, fixing an additional issue
  that I originally thought might be broken VGA hardware emulation with
  my laptop, which however turned out to be intertwined with the
  original problem and also a regression introduced somewhat later.

  The fix for that because the first patch, and then to make backporting
  feasible I had to put a revert of the offending change from last
  September next, followed by a proper fix for the framebuffer issue
  that change had tried to address.

  See individual change descriptions for details.

  These have been verified with true VGA hardware (a Trident TVGA8900
  ISA video adapter) using various combinations of `svgatextmode' and
  `setfont' command invocations to change both the VT size and the font
  size, and also switching between the text console and X11, both by
  starting/stopping the X server and by switching between VTs.

  All this to ensure bringing the behaviour of VGA text console back to
  correct operation as it used to be with Linux 2.6.18"

* emailed patches from Maciej W. Rozycki &lt;macro@orcam.me.uk&gt;:
  vt: Fix character height handling with VT_RESIZEX
  vt_ioctl: Revert VT_RESIZEX parameter handling removal
  vgacon: Record video mode changes with VT_RESIZEX
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<title>vt: Fix character height handling with VT_RESIZEX</title>
<updated>2021-05-13T18:00:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Maciej W. Rozycki</name>
<email>macro@orcam.me.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-13T09:51:50+00:00</published>
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Restore the original intent of the VT_RESIZEX ioctl's `v_clin' parameter
which is the number of pixel rows per character (cell) rather than the
height of the font used.

For framebuffer devices the two values are always the same, because the
former is inferred from the latter one.  For VGA used as a true text
mode device these two parameters are independent from each other: the
number of pixel rows per character is set in the CRT controller, while
font height is in fact hardwired to 32 pixel rows and fonts of heights
below that value are handled by padding their data with blanks when
loaded to hardware for use by the character generator.  One can change
the setting in the CRT controller and it will update the screen contents
accordingly regardless of the font loaded.

The `v_clin' parameter is used by the `vgacon' driver to set the height
of the character cell and then the cursor position within.  Make the
parameter explicit then, by defining a new `vc_cell_height' struct
member of `vc_data', set it instead of `vc_font.height' from `v_clin' in
the VT_RESIZEX ioctl, and then use it throughout the `vgacon' driver
except where actual font data is accessed which as noted above is
independent from the CRTC setting.

This way the framebuffer console driver is free to ignore the `v_clin'
parameter as irrelevant, as it always should have, avoiding any issues
attempts to give the parameter a meaning there could have caused, such
as one that has led to commit 988d0763361b ("vt_ioctl: make VT_RESIZEX
behave like VT_RESIZE"):

 "syzbot is reporting UAF/OOB read at bit_putcs()/soft_cursor() [1][2],
  for vt_resizex() from ioctl(VT_RESIZEX) allows setting font height
  larger than actual font height calculated by con_font_set() from
  ioctl(PIO_FONT). Since fbcon_set_font() from con_font_set() allocates
  minimal amount of memory based on actual font height calculated by
  con_font_set(), use of vt_resizex() can cause UAF/OOB read for font
  data."

The problem first appeared around Linux 2.5.66 which predates our repo
history, but the origin could be identified with the old MIPS/Linux repo
also at: &lt;git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ralf/linux.git&gt;
as commit 9736a3546de7 ("Merge with Linux 2.5.66."), where VT_RESIZEX
code in `vt_ioctl' was updated as follows:

 		if (clin)
-			video_font_height = clin;
+			vc-&gt;vc_font.height = clin;

making the parameter apply to framebuffer devices as well, perhaps due
to the use of "font" in the name of the original `video_font_height'
variable.  Use "cell" in the new struct member then to avoid ambiguity.

References:

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=32577e96d88447ded2d3b76d71254fb855245837
[2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=6b8355d27b2b94fb5cedf4655e3a59162d9e48e3

Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki &lt;macro@orcam.me.uk&gt;
Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v2.6.12+
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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