drm/fb-helper: Remove return value from drm_fbdev_generic_setup()
authorThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Wed, 8 Apr 2020 08:26:41 +0000 (10:26 +0200)
committerThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Wed, 8 Apr 2020 14:27:08 +0000 (16:27 +0200)
commit1aed9509b29a6a3989f981247efaed422d89a010
tree0b10905fed5f5b459d6b42e2b8d4351b899a86b5
parent3662cd199266a95b3d649bbe6054094c610817fe
drm/fb-helper: Remove return value from drm_fbdev_generic_setup()

Generic fbdev emulation is a DRM client. Drivers should invoke the
setup function, but not depend on its success. Hence remove the return
value.

v3:
* document stricter requirements for call sequence
v2:
* warn if fbdev device has not been registered yet
* document the new behavior
* convert the existing warning to the new dev_ interface

Signed-off-by: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Reviewed-by: Noralf Trønnes <noralf@tronnes.org>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Acked-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/20200408082641.590-11-tzimmermann@suse.de
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
include/drm/drm_fb_helper.h