rk35xx-vendor: build DRM_PANEL_MIPI_DBI as builtin #7599
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This driver will request firmware by the first compatiable string from devicetree, which is usually a device specific string not in the driver code. If this driver is built as module, it can't get loaded because only the first compatible string is used to probe driver. There is no such issue if this driver is built in kernel.
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