On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 3:04 PM Brian Masney <masn...@onstation.org> wrote:

> Add the CMA (Contiguous Memory Allocator) for the MSM DRM driver, the
> simple panel, and the TI LM3630A driver in order to support the display
> on the LG Nexus 5 (hammerhead) phone.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Masney <masn...@onstation.org>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.wall...@linaro.org>

> The panel and backlight are currently compiled into the kernel, but will
> be moved to be modules once the display is fully working in a later
> verison of this patch series.

I don't see why we would want to do that, the FB console is
traditionally (x86) good to alwaĆ½s get up, as serial console
might not always be available. For example for people
who can't solder special cables but still want to boot a
custom ROM on their Nexus. So I'd say keep it like this.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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