From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Philipp Zabel Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] drm/imx: Build monolithic driver Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:16:06 +0200 Message-ID: <1443165366.4397.4.camel@pengutronix.de> References: <1443114161-7965-1-git-send-email-thierry.reding@gmail.com> <1443114161-7965-3-git-send-email-thierry.reding@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de (metis.ext.4.pengutronix.de [92.198.50.35]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0FB66E2FD for ; Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:16:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1443114161-7965-3-git-send-email-thierry.reding@gmail.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" To: Thierry Reding Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org List-Id: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org SGkgVGhpZXJyeSwKCkFtIERvbm5lcnN0YWcsIGRlbiAyNC4wOS4yMDE1LCAxOTowMiArMDIwMCBz Y2hyaWViIFRoaWVycnkgUmVkaW5nOgo+IEZyb206IFRoaWVycnkgUmVkaW5nIDx0cmVkaW5nQG52 aWRpYS5jb20+Cj4gCj4gVGhlcmUncyBubyB1c2UgYnVpbGRpbmcgdGhlIGluZGl2aWR1YWwgZHJp dmVycyBhcyBzZXBhcmF0ZSBtb2R1bGVzCj4gYmVjYXVzZSB0aGV5IGFyZSBhbGwgb25seSB1c2Vm dWwgaWYgY29tYmluZWQgaW50byBhIHNpbmdsZSBEUk0vS01TCj4gZGV2aWNlLgoKV2h5IG5vdD8g T24gYW4gaS5NWDUgZGV2aWNlIHdpdGggVkdBKHR2ZSkgb3V0cHV0IG9ubHksIGl0IGlzIG5pY2Ug bm90IHRvCmhhdmUgdG8gbG9hZCB0aGUgaS5NWDYgSERNSSBkcml2ZXIuCgpyZWdhcmRzClBoaWxp cHAKCl9fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fCmRyaS1k ZXZlbCBtYWlsaW5nIGxpc3QKZHJpLWRldmVsQGxpc3RzLmZyZWVkZXNrdG9wLm9yZwpodHRwOi8v bGlzdHMuZnJlZWRlc2t0b3Aub3JnL21haWxtYW4vbGlzdGluZm8vZHJpLWRldmVsCg== From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754964AbbIYHQL (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Sep 2015 03:16:11 -0400 Received: from metis.ext.4.pengutronix.de ([92.198.50.35]:54883 "EHLO metis.ext.pengutronix.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752789AbbIYHQJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Sep 2015 03:16:09 -0400 Message-ID: <1443165366.4397.4.camel@pengutronix.de> Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] drm/imx: Build monolithic driver From: Philipp Zabel To: Thierry Reding Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 09:16:06 +0200 In-Reply-To: <1443114161-7965-3-git-send-email-thierry.reding@gmail.com> References: <1443114161-7965-1-git-send-email-thierry.reding@gmail.com> <1443114161-7965-3-git-send-email-thierry.reding@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.9-1+b1 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2001:67c:670:100:96de:80ff:fec2:9969 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: p.zabel@pengutronix.de X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on metis.ext.pengutronix.de); SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-PTX-Original-Recipient: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Thierry, Am Donnerstag, den 24.09.2015, 19:02 +0200 schrieb Thierry Reding: > From: Thierry Reding > > There's no use building the individual drivers as separate modules > because they are all only useful if combined into a single DRM/KMS > device. Why not? On an i.MX5 device with VGA(tve) output only, it is nice not to have to load the i.MX6 HDMI driver. regards Philipp