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Date:   Fri, 09 Jul 2021 17:28:42 -0400
From:   Hamza Mahfooz <someguy@effective-light.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbcon: garbage collect fbdev scrolling acceleration
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On Fri, Jul 9 2021 at 09:49:02 AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven 
<geert@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Bummer, more code to revert to re-enable acceleration in the _56_
> fbdev drivers using acceleration (some of them unusable without),
> despite commit 39aead8373b3 claiming "No other driver supportes
> accelerated fbcon"...
Should they be refactored to DRM drivers? (I don't mind looking into it 
if you believe it's worthwhile.)