From: Geert Uytterhoeven Move the forward declaration of fb_class from drivers/video/console/fbcon.h to , together with the other forward declarations related to drivers/video/fbmem.c. This kills the following sparse warning: | drivers/video/fbmem.c:1363:14: warning: symbol 'fb_class' was not declared. Should it be static? Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/video/console/fbcon.h | 1 - include/linux/fb.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/video/console/fbcon.h~fbdev-move-declaration-of-fb_class-to-linux-fbh drivers/video/console/fbcon.h --- a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h~fbdev-move-declaration-of-fb_class-to-linux-fbh +++ a/drivers/video/console/fbcon.h @@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ extern void fbcon_set_tileops(struct vc_ #endif extern void fbcon_set_bitops(struct fbcon_ops *ops); extern int soft_cursor(struct fb_info *info, struct fb_cursor *cursor); -extern struct class *fb_class; #define FBCON_ATTRIBUTE_UNDERLINE 1 #define FBCON_ATTRIBUTE_REVERSE 2 diff -puN include/linux/fb.h~fbdev-move-declaration-of-fb_class-to-linux-fbh include/linux/fb.h --- a/include/linux/fb.h~fbdev-move-declaration-of-fb_class-to-linux-fbh +++ a/include/linux/fb.h @@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ extern int fb_new_modelist(struct fb_inf extern struct fb_info *registered_fb[FB_MAX]; extern int num_registered_fb; +extern struct class *fb_class; static inline void __fb_pad_aligned_buffer(u8 *dst, u32 d_pitch, u8 *src, u32 s_pitch, u32 height) _