From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] Linux kernel module for Waveshare 3.2inch RPi LCD (B) V3 touch controller
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2015 21:24:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150108212413.4d3aee4a@free-electrons.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1420747796-28272-1-git-send-email-ps.report@gmx.net>
Dear Peter Seiderer,
On Thu, 8 Jan 2015 21:09:55 +0100, Peter Seiderer wrote:
> This kernel module enables the (easy?) using of the ADS7846 SPI touch controller
> on Waveshare 3.2 LCD (B) modules.
>
> Alternatives would be:
> - the old way: add device definition/register call to arch/arm/mach-bcm2708/bcm2708.c
> - the new way: use device tree support and add an entrie for ads7846
I'm sorry, this is not your fault, but this ads7846_device thing is an
absolute abomination. Why is RaspberryPi *THE* platform propagating all
the worst possible abominations? Why is it *THE* platform doing all the
non-standard stuff? Why is it so crappy.
People, please read this: if you want to learn embedded Linux, don't
buy Raspberry Pi. It is the worst platform ever in terms of embedded
Linux development best practices. Ever.
Do yourself a favor, and buy properly supported stuff: the Atmel
Xplained comes to mind, the BeagleBone Black as well of course.
Sorry, but this ads7846_device is just pure crap. The alternatives you
mentioned are the only good solutions: change your board file if you're
using an old style ARM kernel, or change your Device Tree if you're
using a new style ARM kernel.
I don't know what the policy of Buildroot should be about accepting
crap, but on my side, I will not add such a package to Buildroot.
Again: don't take this personally, this is absolutely not against you.
Just me being fed up with Raspberry Pi crap.
Best regards,
Thomas
--
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-08 20:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-08 20:09 [Buildroot] [PATCH] Linux kernel module for Waveshare 3.2inch RPi LCD (B) V3 touch controller Peter Seiderer
2015-01-08 20:09 ` [Buildroot] [PATCH] ads7846-device: new package Peter Seiderer
2015-01-08 20:24 ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
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2015-01-09 20:21 [Buildroot] [PATCH] Linux kernel module for Waveshare 3.2inch RPi LCD (B) V3 touch controller Peter Seiderer
2015-01-09 21:40 ` Yann E. MORIN
2015-01-09 22:48 ` Yann E. MORIN
2015-01-10 1:13 Peter Seiderer
2015-01-10 11:03 ` Yann E. MORIN
2015-01-10 20:36 Peter Seiderer
2015-01-10 21:58 ` Yann E. MORIN
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