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* [Buildroot] [PATCH v1] linux-ext: add fbtft hint for linux kernel >= v4.0
@ 2015-09-25 20:30 Peter Seiderer
  2015-09-27 21:19 ` Thomas Petazzoni
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Peter Seiderer @ 2015-09-25 20:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: buildroot

Since v4.0 the fbtft drivers are included in the linux kernel
staging area.

Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>
---
 linux/Config.ext.in | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/linux/Config.ext.in b/linux/Config.ext.in
index ea79aa1..755c23b 100644
--- a/linux/Config.ext.in
+++ b/linux/Config.ext.in
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ config BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_EXT_FBTFT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FBTFT
 	help
 	  Linux Framebuffer drivers for small TFT LCD display modules,
-	  e.g. Adafruit PiTFT displays for Raspberry Pi.
+	  e.g. Adafruit PiTFT displays for Raspberry Pi (this extra
+	  package is only needed for linux kernels until v3.19, since
+	  v4.0 the drivers are included in the staging area).
 
 	  To enable fbtft, e.g. for Adafruit 2.8 PiTFT, enable the
 	  following kernel configurations:
-- 
2.1.4

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* [Buildroot] [PATCH v1] linux-ext: add fbtft hint for linux kernel >= v4.0
  2015-09-25 20:30 [Buildroot] [PATCH v1] linux-ext: add fbtft hint for linux kernel >= v4.0 Peter Seiderer
@ 2015-09-27 21:19 ` Thomas Petazzoni
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Petazzoni @ 2015-09-27 21:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: buildroot

Dear Peter Seiderer,

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:30:46 +0200, Peter Seiderer wrote:
> Since v4.0 the fbtft drivers are included in the linux kernel
> staging area.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>
> ---
>  linux/Config.ext.in | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks.

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com

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