From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anatolij Gustschin Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:38:53 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] fsl-diu-fb: remove the ioctl interface Message-Id: <20110622003853.1041385c@wker> List-Id: References: <1308691655-3416-1-git-send-email-timur@freescale.com> In-Reply-To: <1308691655-3416-1-git-send-email-timur@freescale.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Timur Tabi Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, lethal@linux-sh.org, yorksun@freescale.com On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:27:35 -0500 Timur Tabi wrote: > The ioctl interface in the Freescale DIU framebuffer driver is just a > collection of miscellaneous functions which were only used in a one-time > demo application that was never distributed. Plus, the ioctls were spread > across two types (both conflicting), and the demo app didn't even use all > of them. > > Removing the ioctl interface also allows us to clean up the header file and > remove other unusued stuff. No! We are using ioctl interface of this driver in many video rendering applications on overlay planes on huge number of boards. So, please don't remove it. Anatolij