From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sudip Mukherjee Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:00:28 +0000 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] staging: remove fbdev drivers Message-Id: <5849D7FC.8030200@gmail.com> List-Id: References: <1479888193-23908-1-git-send-email-tomi.valkeinen@ti.com> <20161123085234.GB3122@kroah.com> <230111fb-498e-11ef-b452-157a36d7f021@ti.com> In-Reply-To: <230111fb-498e-11ef-b452-157a36d7f021@ti.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Tomi Valkeinen , Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Thomas Petazzoni , linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, Teddy Wang , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, Arnaud Patard On Wednesday 23 November 2016 09:12 AM, Tomi Valkeinen wrote: > On 23/11/16 10:52, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 10:03:10AM +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Since the fbdev framework is in maintenance mode and all new display drivers >>> should be made with the DRM framework, remove the fbdev drivers from staging. >>> > > Or do you mean that we should keep the drivers in staging until there's > a matching DRM driver, but drop any plans to move the drivers from > staging to drivers/video/? If so, I'm fine with that. This is an RFC, > mostly to raise some discussion and push people to actually write those > DRM drivers =). I already have plans to convert my drivers to DRM. But it will be great if you can point me to a simple driver which will help me to understand how DRM works. Regards Sudip From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sudip Mukherjee Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] staging: remove fbdev drivers Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:00:28 +0000 Message-ID: <5849D7FC.8030200@gmail.com> References: <1479888193-23908-1-git-send-email-tomi.valkeinen@ti.com> <20161123085234.GB3122@kroah.com> <230111fb-498e-11ef-b452-157a36d7f021@ti.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: Received: from mail-wj0-x242.google.com (mail-wj0-x242.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c01::242]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C273B6E87F for ; Thu, 8 Dec 2016 22:00:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wj0-x242.google.com with SMTP id kp2so56330772wjc.0 for ; Thu, 08 Dec 2016 14:00:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <230111fb-498e-11ef-b452-157a36d7f021@ti.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" To: Tomi Valkeinen , Greg Kroah-Hartman Cc: Thomas Petazzoni , linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, Teddy Wang , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, Arnaud Patard List-Id: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org T24gV2VkbmVzZGF5IDIzIE5vdmVtYmVyIDIwMTYgMDk6MTIgQU0sIFRvbWkgVmFsa2VpbmVuIHdy b3RlOgo+IE9uIDIzLzExLzE2IDEwOjUyLCBHcmVnIEtyb2FoLUhhcnRtYW4gd3JvdGU6Cj4+IE9u IFdlZCwgTm92IDIzLCAyMDE2IGF0IDEwOjAzOjEwQU0gKzAyMDAsIFRvbWkgVmFsa2VpbmVuIHdy b3RlOgo+Pj4gSGksCj4+Pgo+Pj4gU2luY2UgdGhlIGZiZGV2IGZyYW1ld29yayBpcyBpbiBtYWlu dGVuYW5jZSBtb2RlIGFuZCBhbGwgbmV3IGRpc3BsYXkgZHJpdmVycwo+Pj4gc2hvdWxkIGJlIG1h ZGUgd2l0aCB0aGUgRFJNIGZyYW1ld29yaywgcmVtb3ZlIHRoZSBmYmRldiBkcml2ZXJzIGZyb20g c3RhZ2luZy4KPj4+CjxzbmlwPgo+Cj4gT3IgZG8geW91IG1lYW4gdGhhdCB3ZSBzaG91bGQga2Vl cCB0aGUgZHJpdmVycyBpbiBzdGFnaW5nIHVudGlsIHRoZXJlJ3MKPiBhIG1hdGNoaW5nIERSTSBk cml2ZXIsIGJ1dCBkcm9wIGFueSBwbGFucyB0byBtb3ZlIHRoZSBkcml2ZXJzIGZyb20KPiBzdGFn aW5nIHRvIGRyaXZlcnMvdmlkZW8vPyBJZiBzbywgSSdtIGZpbmUgd2l0aCB0aGF0LiBUaGlzIGlz IGFuIFJGQywKPiBtb3N0bHkgdG8gcmFpc2Ugc29tZSBkaXNjdXNzaW9uIGFuZCBwdXNoIHBlb3Bs ZSB0byBhY3R1YWxseSB3cml0ZSB0aG9zZQo+IERSTSBkcml2ZXJzID0pLgoKSSBhbHJlYWR5IGhh dmUgcGxhbnMgdG8gY29udmVydCBteSBkcml2ZXJzIHRvIERSTS4gQnV0IGl0IHdpbGwgYmUgZ3Jl YXQgCmlmIHlvdSBjYW4gcG9pbnQgbWUgdG8gYSBzaW1wbGUgZHJpdmVyIHdoaWNoIHdpbGwgaGVs cCBtZSB0byB1bmRlcnN0YW5kIApob3cgRFJNIHdvcmtzLgoKUmVnYXJkcwpTdWRpcApfX19fX19f X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fXwpkcmktZGV2ZWwgbWFpbGlu ZyBsaXN0CmRyaS1kZXZlbEBsaXN0cy5mcmVlZGVza3RvcC5vcmcKaHR0cHM6Ly9saXN0cy5mcmVl ZGVza3RvcC5vcmcvbWFpbG1hbi9saXN0aW5mby9kcmktZGV2ZWwK From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753618AbcLHWAj (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2016 17:00:39 -0500 Received: from mail-wj0-f193.google.com ([209.85.210.193]:34748 "EHLO mail-wj0-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752724AbcLHWAh (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Dec 2016 17:00:37 -0500 Message-ID: <5849D7FC.8030200@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:00:28 +0000 From: Sudip Mukherjee User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tomi Valkeinen , Greg Kroah-Hartman CC: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, Thomas Petazzoni , =?UTF-8?B?Tm9yYWxmIFRyw7hubmVz?= , Teddy Wang , Arnaud Patard , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] staging: remove fbdev drivers References: <1479888193-23908-1-git-send-email-tomi.valkeinen@ti.com> <20161123085234.GB3122@kroah.com> <230111fb-498e-11ef-b452-157a36d7f021@ti.com> In-Reply-To: <230111fb-498e-11ef-b452-157a36d7f021@ti.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wednesday 23 November 2016 09:12 AM, Tomi Valkeinen wrote: > On 23/11/16 10:52, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 10:03:10AM +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Since the fbdev framework is in maintenance mode and all new display drivers >>> should be made with the DRM framework, remove the fbdev drivers from staging. >>> > > Or do you mean that we should keep the drivers in staging until there's > a matching DRM driver, but drop any plans to move the drivers from > staging to drivers/video/? If so, I'm fine with that. This is an RFC, > mostly to raise some discussion and push people to actually write those > DRM drivers =). I already have plans to convert my drivers to DRM. But it will be great if you can point me to a simple driver which will help me to understand how DRM works. Regards Sudip