From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ondrej Zary Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:45:31 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: remove dead igafb driver Message-Id: <201710181645.32708.linux@rainbow-software.org> List-Id: References: <62038aaa-7245-25be-a5db-7253eaad5cc3@physik.fu-berlin.de> <20171018.142214.436255812332803507.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20171018.142214.436255812332803507.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, b.zolnierkie@samsung.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, David Miller , bhumirks@gmail.com On Wednesday 18 October 2017, David Miller wrote: > From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:14:27 +0200 > > > Hi Bartlomiej! > > > > On 10/18/2017 02:56 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > >> igafb driver hasn't compiled since at least kernel v2.6.34 as > >> commit 6016a363f6b5 ("of: unify phandle name in struct device_node") > >> missed updating igafb.c to use dp->phandle instead of dp->node. > > > > Would it take a lot of work to port the driver to the new interface? > > > > I'm not sure which SPARC machines use this particular framebuffer, but > > my plans are to fix up all these old framebuffer drivers. I have > > already > > received several Amiga (Zorro) graphics cards for testing the updated > > drivers on Amiga. > > > > It could be that I actually have this particular SPARC framebuffer in > > my hardware collection. > > Unless you have a 32-bit sparc laptop, you don't have a machine that > will use this driver. There are also some x86 PCI cards using this chip. -- Ondrej Zary From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ondrej Zary Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: remove dead igafb driver Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:45:31 +0200 Message-ID: <201710181645.32708.linux@rainbow-software.org> References: <62038aaa-7245-25be-a5db-7253eaad5cc3@physik.fu-berlin.de> <20171018.142214.436255812332803507.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from smtp-1b.atlantis.sk (smtp-1b.atlantis.sk [80.94.52.26]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B5756E8DD for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:53:46 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <20171018.142214.436255812332803507.davem@davemloft.net> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, b.zolnierkie@samsung.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, David Miller , bhumirks@gmail.com List-Id: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org T24gV2VkbmVzZGF5IDE4IE9jdG9iZXIgMjAxNywgRGF2aWQgTWlsbGVyIHdyb3RlOgo+IEZyb206 IEpvaG4gUGF1bCBBZHJpYW4gR2xhdWJpdHogPGdsYXViaXR6QHBoeXNpay5mdS1iZXJsaW4uZGU+ Cj4gRGF0ZTogV2VkLCAxOCBPY3QgMjAxNyAxNToxNDoyNyArMDIwMAo+Cj4gPiBIaSBCYXJ0bG9t aWVqIQo+ID4KPiA+IE9uIDEwLzE4LzIwMTcgMDI6NTYgUE0sIEJhcnRsb21pZWogWm9sbmllcmtp ZXdpY3ogd3JvdGU6Cj4gPj4gaWdhZmIgZHJpdmVyIGhhc24ndCBjb21waWxlZCBzaW5jZSBhdCBs ZWFzdCBrZXJuZWwgdjIuNi4zNCBhcwo+ID4+IGNvbW1pdCA2MDE2YTM2M2Y2YjUgKCJvZjogdW5p ZnkgcGhhbmRsZSBuYW1lIGluIHN0cnVjdCBkZXZpY2Vfbm9kZSIpCj4gPj4gbWlzc2VkIHVwZGF0 aW5nIGlnYWZiLmMgdG8gdXNlIGRwLT5waGFuZGxlIGluc3RlYWQgb2YgZHAtPm5vZGUuCj4gPgo+ ID4gV291bGQgaXQgdGFrZSBhIGxvdCBvZiB3b3JrIHRvIHBvcnQgdGhlIGRyaXZlciB0byB0aGUg bmV3IGludGVyZmFjZT8KPiA+Cj4gPiBJJ20gbm90IHN1cmUgd2hpY2ggU1BBUkMgbWFjaGluZXMg dXNlIHRoaXMgcGFydGljdWxhciBmcmFtZWJ1ZmZlciwgYnV0Cj4gPiBteSBwbGFucyBhcmUgdG8g Zml4IHVwIGFsbCB0aGVzZSBvbGQgZnJhbWVidWZmZXIgZHJpdmVycy4gSSBoYXZlCj4gPiBhbHJl YWR5Cj4gPiByZWNlaXZlZCBzZXZlcmFsIEFtaWdhIChab3JybykgZ3JhcGhpY3MgY2FyZHMgZm9y IHRlc3RpbmcgdGhlIHVwZGF0ZWQKPiA+IGRyaXZlcnMgb24gQW1pZ2EuCj4gPgo+ID4gSXQgY291 bGQgYmUgdGhhdCBJIGFjdHVhbGx5IGhhdmUgdGhpcyBwYXJ0aWN1bGFyIFNQQVJDIGZyYW1lYnVm ZmVyIGluCj4gPiBteSBoYXJkd2FyZSBjb2xsZWN0aW9uLgo+Cj4gVW5sZXNzIHlvdSBoYXZlIGEg MzItYml0IHNwYXJjIGxhcHRvcCwgeW91IGRvbid0IGhhdmUgYSBtYWNoaW5lIHRoYXQKPiB3aWxs IHVzZSB0aGlzIGRyaXZlci4KClRoZXJlIGFyZSBhbHNvIHNvbWUgeDg2IFBDSSBjYXJkcyB1c2lu ZyB0aGlzIGNoaXAuCgotLSAKT25kcmVqIFphcnkKX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KZHJpLWRldmVsIG1haWxpbmcgbGlzdApkcmktZGV2ZWxAbGlz dHMuZnJlZWRlc2t0b3Aub3JnCmh0dHBzOi8vbGlzdHMuZnJlZWRlc2t0b3Aub3JnL21haWxtYW4v bGlzdGluZm8vZHJpLWRldmVsCg== From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752264AbdJROxt (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:53:49 -0400 Received: from smtp-1b.atlantis.sk ([80.94.52.26]:52014 "EHLO smtp-1b.atlantis.sk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751585AbdJROxr (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:53:47 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 481 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:53:46 EDT From: Ondrej Zary To: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: remove dead igafb driver Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 16:45:31 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 (enterprise35 0.20100827.1168748) Cc: David Miller , glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, b.zolnierkie@samsung.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, bhumirks@gmail.com References: <62038aaa-7245-25be-a5db-7253eaad5cc3@physik.fu-berlin.de> <20171018.142214.436255812332803507.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20171018.142214.436255812332803507.davem@davemloft.net> X-KMail-QuotePrefix: > MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <201710181645.32708.linux@rainbow-software.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 18 October 2017, David Miller wrote: > From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:14:27 +0200 > > > Hi Bartlomiej! > > > > On 10/18/2017 02:56 PM, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote: > >> igafb driver hasn't compiled since at least kernel v2.6.34 as > >> commit 6016a363f6b5 ("of: unify phandle name in struct device_node") > >> missed updating igafb.c to use dp->phandle instead of dp->node. > > > > Would it take a lot of work to port the driver to the new interface? > > > > I'm not sure which SPARC machines use this particular framebuffer, but > > my plans are to fix up all these old framebuffer drivers. I have > > already > > received several Amiga (Zorro) graphics cards for testing the updated > > drivers on Amiga. > > > > It could be that I actually have this particular SPARC framebuffer in > > my hardware collection. > > Unless you have a 32-bit sparc laptop, you don't have a machine that > will use this driver. There are also some x86 PCI cards using this chip. -- Ondrej Zary