kernel/linux.git/drivers/video/fbdev/vesafb.c, branch v6.19.12

fbdev: vesafb: Use dev_* fn's instead printk

2025-11-15T12:46:44+00:00

Family dev_* fn's will show device name, giving extra info to logs. Delete the prefix `vesafb:` from msg strings, not needed now, e.g.: vesa-framebuffer vesa-framebuffer.0: scrolling: redraw Signed-off-by: Javier Garcia Signed-off-by: Helge Deller

fbdev: Switch back to struct platform_driver::remove()

2024-10-08T19:47:18+00:00

After commit 0edb555a65d1 ("platform: Make platform_driver::remove() return void") .remove() is (again) the right callback to implement for platform drivers. Convert all platform drivers below drivers/video/fbdev to use .remove(), with the eventual goal to drop struct platform_driver::remove_new(). As .remove() and .remove_new() have the same prototypes, conversion is done by just changing the structure member name in the driver initializer. While touching these files, make indention of the struct initializer consistent in several files. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König Reviewed-by: Thomas Zimmermann Signed-off-by: Helge Deller

fbdev: vesafb: Detect VGA compatibility from screen info's VESA attributes

2024-06-18T12:04:03+00:00

Test the vesa_attributes field in struct screen_info for compatibility with VGA hardware. Vesafb currently tests bit 1 in screen_info's capabilities field which indicates a 64-bit lfb address and is unrelated to VGA compatibility. Section 4.4 of the Vesa VBE 2.0 specifications defines that bit 5 in the mode's attributes field signals VGA compatibility. The mode is compatible with VGA hardware if the bit is clear. In that case, the driver can access VGA state of the VBE's underlying hardware. The vesafb driver uses this feature to program the color LUT in palette modes. Without, colors might be incorrect. The problem got introduced in commit 89ec4c238e7a ("[PATCH] vesafb: Fix incorrect logo colors in x86_64"). It incorrectly stores the mode attributes in the screen_info's capabilities field and updates vesafb accordingly. Later, commit 5e8ddcbe8692 ("Video mode probing support for the new x86 setup code") fixed the screen_info, but did not update vesafb. Color output still tends to work, because bit 1 in capabilities is usually 0. Besides fixing the bug in vesafb, this commit introduces a helper that reads the correct bit from screen_info. Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann Fixes: 5e8ddcbe8692 ("Video mode probing support for the new x86 setup code") Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Cc: # v2.6.23+ Signed-off-by: Helge Deller

fbdev/vesafb: Use screen_info pointer from device

2023-12-18T10:26:34+00:00

Use the screen_info instance from the device instead of dereferencing the global screen_info state. Decouples the driver from per-architecture code. Duplicated the screen_info data, so that vesafb can modify it at will. v2: * comment on devm_kmemdup() usage (Javier) Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20231206135153.2599-5-tzimmermann@suse.de

fbdev/vesafb: Replace references to global screen_info by local pointer

2023-12-18T10:26:23+00:00

Get the global screen_info's address once and access the data via this pointer. Limits the use of global state. Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20231206135153.2599-4-tzimmermann@suse.de

fbdev/vesafb: Use fbdev I/O helpers

2023-08-04T13:54:38+00:00

Set struct fb_ops and with FB_DEFAULT_IOMEM_OPS, fbdev's initializer for I/O memory. Sets the callbacks to the cfb_ and fb_io_ functions. Select the correct modules with Kconfig's FB_IOMEM_HELPERS token. The macro and token set the currently selected values, so there is no functional change. v3: * use _IOMEM_ in commit message v2: * updated to use _IOMEM_ tokens Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg Acked-by: Helge Deller Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20230803184034.6456-46-tzimmermann@suse.de

fbdev: Remove FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT from framebuffer_alloc()'ed structs

2023-07-24T14:50:39+00:00

The flag FBINFO_FLAG_DEFAULT is 0 and has no effect, as struct fbinfo.flags has been allocated to zero by framebuffer_alloc(). So do not set it. Flags should signal differences from the default values. After cleaning up all occurrences of FBINFO_DEFAULT, the token will be removed. v4: * clarify commit message (Geert, Dan) v2: * fix commit message (Miguel) Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Jaya Kumar Cc: Helge Deller Cc: Peter Jones Cc: Sascha Hauer Cc: Pengutronix Kernel Team Cc: Shawn Guo Cc: Fabio Estevam Cc: NXP Linux Team Cc: Maik Broemme Cc: Jingoo Han Cc: Sudip Mukherjee Cc: Teddy Wang Cc: Michal Januszewski Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20230715185343.7193-15-tzimmermann@suse.de

fbdev: vesafb: Convert to platform remove callback returning void

2023-04-24T09:48:32+00:00

The .remove() callback for a platform driver returns an int which makes many driver authors wrongly assume it's possible to do error handling by returning an error code. However the value returned is (mostly) ignored and this typically results in resource leaks. To improve here there is a quest to make the remove callback return void. In the first step of this quest all drivers are converted to .remove_new() which already returns void. Trivially convert this driver from always returning zero in the remove callback to the void returning variant. Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König Signed-off-by: Helge Deller

fbdev/vesafb: Do not use struct fb_info.apertures

2023-01-13T11:54:33+00:00

Acquire ownership of the firmware scanout buffer by calling Linux' aperture helpers. Remove the use of struct fb_info.apertures and do not set FBINFO_MISC_FIRMWARE; both of which previously configured buffer ownership. Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20221219160516.23436-17-tzimmermann@suse.de

fbdev/vesafb: Remove trailing whitespaces

2023-01-13T11:54:32+00:00

Fix coding style. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20221219160516.23436-16-tzimmermann@suse.de