From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Anatolij Gustschin Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:11:43 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] fsl-diu-fb: remove the ioctl interface Message-Id: <20110622221143.503add74@wker> List-Id: References: <1308691655-3416-1-git-send-email-timur@freescale.com> <20110622003853.1041385c@wker> <4E012586.7050808@freescale.com> In-Reply-To: <4E012586.7050808@freescale.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Tabi Timur-B04825 Cc: "linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org" , "linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org" , "lethal@linux-sh.org" , sun york-R58495 On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:13:11 +0000 Tabi Timur-B04825 wrote: > Anatolij Gustschin wrote: > > 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. > > Ok, I had no idea anyone was using it. > > Can you email me details about how you use the ioctl interface? If I can't > remove it, maybe I can clean it up. Following DIU specific ioctls are used: MFB_SET_CHROMA_KEY MFB_SET_PIXFMT MFB_GET_PIXFMT MFB_SET_AOID MFB_GET_AOID MFB_GET_ALPHA MFB_SET_ALPHA Other ioctls can be removed. I'm not sure if someone uses FBIOGET_GWINFO. If there are no objections from other people, it can also be dropped.