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authorFrans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>2008-07-23 21:31:26 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-07-24 10:47:39 -0700
commitb604838ac6d233fd6bffc0e758a818133a01ff22 (patch)
treeac77c9696511f754f09bd435b12841216da745ee /drivers/video/vfb.c
parentcfb4f5d1750e05f43902197713c50c29e7dfbc99 (diff)
vfb: only enable if explicitly requested when compiled in
The Kconfig help for the vfb driver says: Do NOT enable it for normal systems! To protect the innocent, it has to be enabled explicitly at boot time using the kernel option `video=vfb:'. This change lets the code match the description. Support for vfb:disable is kept for backwards compatibility; vfb:off works because it is tested at a higher level. Note: any undefined option (e.g. vfb:enable) will also enable this driver. The relevant code has been unchanged since before the migration to git (2.6.12). This patch fixes bugzilla #9310 and was the root cause behind http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/5/31/220. Signed-off-by: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> Cc: Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> Acked-by: Krzysztof Helt <krzysztof.h1@wp.pl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/video/vfb.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/video/vfb.c14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/video/vfb.c b/drivers/video/vfb.c
index 072638a9528a..93fe08d6c78f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vfb.c
@@ -443,19 +443,29 @@ static int vfb_mmap(struct fb_info *info,
}
#ifndef MODULE
+/*
+ * The virtual framebuffer driver is only enabled if explicitly
+ * requested by passing 'video=vfb:' (or any actual options).
+ */
static int __init vfb_setup(char *options)
{
char *this_opt;
+ vfb_enable = 0;
+
+ if (!options)
+ return 1;
+
vfb_enable = 1;
- if (!options || !*options)
+ if (!*options)
return 1;
while ((this_opt = strsep(&options, ",")) != NULL) {
if (!*this_opt)
continue;
- if (!strncmp(this_opt, "disable", 7))
+ /* Test disable for backwards compatibility */
+ if (!strcmp(this_opt, "disable"))
vfb_enable = 0;
}
return 1;