From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E8BCC28CF5 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:18:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F33A910E8AB; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:18:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2F8AB10E8AB for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 11:18:36 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1643195915; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=srD1l04gPQ84q1XF/RWjCuwwGgitsqKSn4fv06ciBhg=; b=BOq1JhOQ6S5CBzLMafGtyDPZsi8Ip66bN/ZQDczOdtou3QFz8vfAU11O/uvZAnsl88tyn9 Ag42FArFJKYuGyZuX70P6b9Ab/o+uOchbFdPmeNwH6msPuJ+Kn4/Jd5ehWfnxDEPKMlIPe aunQR60Au1OiUBAx5idNc5eDjDW2gCU= Received: from mail-wr1-f69.google.com (mail-wr1-f69.google.com [209.85.221.69]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-572-juNFBo25N0axq2mr8LoF5Q-1; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 06:18:33 -0500 X-MC-Unique: juNFBo25N0axq2mr8LoF5Q-1 Received: by mail-wr1-f69.google.com with SMTP id t13-20020adfa2cd000000b001d09443ee4fso4161034wra.3 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 03:18:33 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:cc:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=srD1l04gPQ84q1XF/RWjCuwwGgitsqKSn4fv06ciBhg=; b=Xo0N0+aG0d9HrW/dvxb37t0xwME2XkzF8tsvJ+NZmQ/yk4dQnXRWZP9mGCSNJJSDjM okz2v1lyAC06E0oufV/ja+ytz++lqJz8X0uDu+B1adK/1Ok65mg2EWAI3psn1svIOdAz aJHWULKUdLq8f5qkop/KzFGhrLj55DZbRh4x33kPFtNeK4nmxUflKiGORWvdXz5H1mFP C7w50Fv9QySrKk9mBiKfS68fCR9htGGUgsLme94fpjyuZE1jfvbclNcENH/jw8ToPFD4 JrilQw7zOsl6ZJyzMA+sfDdmDmXFLF55LPz9iLE0SzG1I5dpj/nHam1MLk/Fz5DYvN1D ntjA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533BBakDnzPiAikThovY1if3limou5v/4+RGUhn4zUNVmFqlCqro Gl4RQVK2Y5iAJgEvGpZzpCyVm3A0LBkh3wJ4GSMvpZvbYrQ6AjsY0a+T7Ue2CAAOt7CEu6C0Ixo 1wZISWbKVUo9v0S1zvGkg35YBx2K4 X-Received: by 2002:a05:6000:156d:: with SMTP id 13mr1586784wrz.66.1643195912596; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 03:18:32 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyvCzW4Jn73KJItw350M3F/f6JTN+7T8OA7kDxsaF2hqvwBivMpTbBXPxCTm3unY1Mql6OAYg== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6000:156d:: with SMTP id 13mr1586760wrz.66.1643195912374; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 03:18:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.102] ([92.176.231.205]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i17sm19005103wru.107.2022.01.26.03.18.30 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 26 Jan 2022 03:18:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 12:18:30 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.4.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance To: Helge Deller , Andy Shevchenko , Thomas Zimmermann References: <20220125202118.63362-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> <991e988b-7225-881b-a59a-33c3eae044be@suse.de> <3877516e-3db3-f732-b44f-7fe12b175226@gmx.de> From: Javier Martinez Canillas In-Reply-To: <3877516e-3db3-f732-b44f-7fe12b175226@gmx.de> Authentication-Results: relay.mimecast.com; auth=pass smtp.auth=CUSA124A263 smtp.mailfrom=javierm@redhat.com X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Direct Rendering Infrastructure - Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Andy Shevchenko , linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, Michael Hennerich , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, Phillip Potter , Carlis , Andy Shevchenko , Lee Jones , Heiner Kallweit Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: > On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: [snip] >> P.S. For the record, I will personally NAK any attempts to remove that >> driver from the kernel. And this is another point why it's better not >> to be under the staging. > > I agree. Same as for me to NAK the disabling of fbcon's acceleration > features or even attempting to remove fbdev altogether (unless all > relevant drivers are ported to DRM). > But that will never happen if we keep moving the goal post. At some point new fbdev drivers should not be added anymore, otherwise the number of existing drivers that need conversion will keep growing. Best regards, -- Javier Martinez Canillas Linux Engineering Red Hat