From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Kaiser Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 22:33:36 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] video: fbdev: imxfb: support AUS mode Message-Id: <20170227223336.GA28519@botnar.kaiser.cx> List-Id: References: <1488193030-13064-1-git-send-email-martin@kaiser.cx> <20170227203605.7ptrmcbzrmufvxa5@pengutronix.de> In-Reply-To: <20170227203605.7ptrmcbzrmufvxa5@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sascha Hauer , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Hello Uwe, Thus wrote Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig (u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de): > given fbdev is orphaned > (http://git.kernel.org/linus/238600783d7470bec19350b0ee79e01825d3c84f) fbdev is no longer orphaned, Bartlomiej is the new maintainer. > I think it would be nice to move the imxfb driver over to drm. > I don't know much about drm, so I cannot say if that is easy or not, but > long term I think this is more robust than fbdev. I am aware that fbdev is in maintenance mode. However, I hope that small modifications like the one I submitted are still possible. In the long run, I agree that we should move imxfb to drm. Best regards, Martin From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751513AbdB0XIG (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:08:06 -0500 Received: from botnar.kaiser.cx ([176.28.20.183]:60002 "EHLO botnar.kaiser.cx" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751030AbdB0XID (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:08:03 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 23:33:36 +0100 From: Martin Kaiser To: Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sascha Hauer , Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] video: fbdev: imxfb: support AUS mode Message-ID: <20170227223336.GA28519@botnar.kaiser.cx> References: <1488193030-13064-1-git-send-email-martin@kaiser.cx> <20170227203605.7ptrmcbzrmufvxa5@pengutronix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20170227203605.7ptrmcbzrmufvxa5@pengutronix.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello Uwe, Thus wrote Uwe Kleine-König (u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de): > given fbdev is orphaned > (http://git.kernel.org/linus/238600783d7470bec19350b0ee79e01825d3c84f) fbdev is no longer orphaned, Bartlomiej is the new maintainer. > I think it would be nice to move the imxfb driver over to drm. > I don't know much about drm, so I cannot say if that is easy or not, but > long term I think this is more robust than fbdev. I am aware that fbdev is in maintenance mode. However, I hope that small modifications like the one I submitted are still possible. In the long run, I agree that we should move imxfb to drm. Best regards, Martin