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    fbdev/intelfb: Remove driver · 689237ab
    Thomas Zimmermann authored
    From looking at the PCI IDs, every device supported by intelfb is
    also supported by i915. Anyone still using intelfb should please
    move on to i915, which does everything intelfb does but better.
    
    Removing intelfb is motivated by the driver's excessive use of the
    global screen_info state. The state belongs to architecture and
    firmware code; device drivers should not attempt to access it. But
    fixing intelfb would require a significant change in the driver's
    probing logic. As intelfb has been obsolete for nearly 2 decades,
    it is probably not worth the effort. Let's just remove it. Also
    remove the related documentation.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
    Acked-by: default avatarMaik Broemme <mbroemme@libmpq.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHelge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
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