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diff --git a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst index acca232b025b..94fc76f0ecd4 100644 --- a/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst +++ b/Documentation/gpu/todo.rst @@ -292,6 +292,24 @@ Contact: Daniel Vetter, Noralf Tronnes Level: Advanced +Garbage collect fbdev scrolling acceleration +-------------------------------------------- + +Scroll acceleration is disabled in fbcon by hard-wiring p->scrollmode = +SCROLL_REDRAW. There's a ton of code this will allow us to remove: +- lots of code in fbcon.c +- a bunch of the hooks in fbcon_ops, maybe the remaining hooks could be called + directly instead of the function table (with a switch on p->rotate) +- fb_copyarea is unused after this, and can be deleted from all drivers + +Note that not all acceleration code can be deleted, since clearing and cursor +support is still accelerated, which might be good candidates for further +deletion projects. + +Contact: Daniel Vetter + +Level: Intermediate + idr_init_base() --------------- |