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From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
To: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>,
	linux-fbdev <linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Teddy Wang <teddy.wang@siliconmotion.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	DRI Development <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Arnaud Patard <apatard@mandriva.com>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: No more new fbdev drivers, please
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 07:39:13 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1443425953.19666.6.camel@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANq1E4TN4_NNs32LBcNWeDC2jUtT2TCYHfYeummEC5-TQn7BpA@mail.gmail.com>

  Hi,

> As Daniel mentioned, the connector+encoder+crtc combination is one of
> those simplifications that would make sense if more such drivers are
> added.

Another one is memory management.  It's pretty complex because it can
handle _way_ more than what simple drivers need, and the result is
_alot_ of ttm boilerplate in the drivers.

cheers,
  Gerd



WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
To: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
Cc: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>,
	linux-fbdev <linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Teddy Wang <teddy.wang@siliconmotion.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	DRI Development <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Arnaud Patard <apatard@mandriva.com>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: No more new fbdev drivers, please
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:39:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1443425953.19666.6.camel@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANq1E4TN4_NNs32LBcNWeDC2jUtT2TCYHfYeummEC5-TQn7BpA@mail.gmail.com>

  Hi,

> As Daniel mentioned, the connector+encoder+crtc combination is one of
> those simplifications that would make sense if more such drivers are
> added.

Another one is memory management.  It's pretty complex because it can
handle _way_ more than what simple drivers need, and the result is
_alot_ of ttm boilerplate in the drivers.

cheers,
  Gerd


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From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
To: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>,
	linux-fbdev <linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	Teddy Wang <teddy.wang@siliconmotion.com>,
	Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	DRI Development <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
	Arnaud Patard <apatard@mandriva.com>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: No more new fbdev drivers, please
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:39:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1443425953.19666.6.camel@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANq1E4TN4_NNs32LBcNWeDC2jUtT2TCYHfYeummEC5-TQn7BpA@mail.gmail.com>

  Hi,

> As Daniel mentioned, the connector+encoder+crtc combination is one of
> those simplifications that would make sense if more such drivers are
> added.

Another one is memory management.  It's pretty complex because it can
handle _way_ more than what simple drivers need, and the result is
_alot_ of ttm boilerplate in the drivers.

cheers,
  Gerd



  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-09-28  7:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 97+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-24 12:27 No more new fbdev drivers, please Tomi Valkeinen
2015-09-24 12:27 ` Tomi Valkeinen
2015-09-24 12:27 ` Tomi Valkeinen
2015-09-24 12:46 ` Thomas Petazzoni
2015-09-24 12:46   ` Thomas Petazzoni
2015-09-24 15:21   ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-24 15:21     ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-24 15:38     ` Alex Deucher
2015-09-24 15:38       ` Alex Deucher
2015-09-24 15:38       ` Alex Deucher
2015-09-24 15:59     ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-24 15:59       ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-24 15:59       ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-24 16:17       ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-24 16:17         ` Austin S Hemmelgarn
2015-09-24 17:12       ` Ondrej Zary
2015-09-24 17:12         ` Ondrej Zary
2015-09-24 17:12         ` Ondrej Zary
2015-09-24 18:05         ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-24 18:05           ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-24 18:05           ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-24 15:23   ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-24 15:23     ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-24 15:23     ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-26  8:28     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26  8:28       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26  8:28       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26 17:07       ` Alex Deucher
2015-09-26 17:07         ` Alex Deucher
2015-09-26 17:07         ` Alex Deucher
2015-09-26 18:01         ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26 18:01           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26 18:01           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26 18:13           ` David Herrmann
2015-09-26 18:13             ` David Herrmann
2015-09-26 18:13             ` David Herrmann
2015-09-26 18:46             ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26 18:46               ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26 18:46               ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26 20:49               ` Rob Clark
2015-09-26 20:49                 ` Rob Clark
2015-09-26 20:49                 ` Rob Clark
2015-09-26 21:55                 ` Dave Airlie
2015-09-26 21:55                   ` Dave Airlie
2015-09-30 11:59               ` Emil Velikov
2015-09-30 11:59                 ` Emil Velikov
2015-09-28  7:39             ` Gerd Hoffmann [this message]
2015-09-28  7:39               ` Gerd Hoffmann
2015-09-28  7:39               ` Gerd Hoffmann
2015-09-28 12:36               ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-28 12:36                 ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-28 12:36                 ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-29  8:23                 ` Gerd Hoffmann
2015-09-29  8:23                   ` Gerd Hoffmann
2015-09-29  8:23                   ` Gerd Hoffmann
2015-09-29  8:33                   ` Laurent Pinchart
2015-09-29  8:33                     ` Laurent Pinchart
2015-09-29  8:33                     ` Laurent Pinchart
2015-09-28 20:52           ` Bernie Thompson
2015-09-29  7:05             ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-29  7:05               ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-29  7:05               ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-28 20:56           ` Bernie Thompson
2015-09-28 20:56             ` Bernie Thompson
2015-09-25  8:49 ` Aaro Koskinen
2015-09-25  8:49   ` Aaro Koskinen
2015-09-25 11:00   ` Ondrej Zary
2015-09-25 11:00     ` Ondrej Zary
2015-09-25 11:00     ` Ondrej Zary
2015-09-25 10:41 ` Kamil Lulko
2015-09-25 10:41   ` Kamil Lulko
2015-09-25 13:09   ` Tomi Valkeinen
2015-09-25 13:09     ` Tomi Valkeinen
2015-09-25 13:09     ` Tomi Valkeinen
2015-09-25 18:44     ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-25 18:44       ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-25 18:44       ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-26  9:03   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26  9:03     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26  9:03     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2015-09-26  7:15 ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-09-26  7:27   ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-09-26  7:15   ` Sudip Mukherjee
2015-09-26  7:29   ` Ilia Mirkin
2015-09-26  7:29     ` Ilia Mirkin
2015-09-26  7:29     ` Ilia Mirkin
2015-09-27 13:09 ` Noralf Trønnes
2015-09-27 13:09   ` Noralf Trønnes
2015-09-27 16:08   ` Emil Velikov
2015-09-27 16:08     ` Emil Velikov
2015-09-27 16:08     ` Emil Velikov
2015-09-28 22:51     ` Noralf Trønnes
2015-09-28 22:51       ` Noralf Trønnes
2015-09-28 22:51       ` Noralf Trønnes
2015-09-29  7:07       ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-29  7:07         ` Daniel Vetter
2015-09-29  7:07         ` Daniel Vetter

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