From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luc Verhaegen Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 22:02:50 +0000 Subject: Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 4/4] simplefb: add clock handling code Message-Id: <20140929220250.GD5599@skynet.be> List-Id: References: <20140829143812.GC31264@ulmo> <20140902092508.GR15297@lukather> <20140927235601.19023.31593@quantum> <20140929080637.GB12506@ulmo> <20140929092301.GC4388@lukather> <20140929101805.GB26008@ulmo> <20140929114643.GB4081@lukather> <20140929134708.GB30998@ulmo> <20140929162814.GE4081@lukather> <20140929165842.GC5599@skynet.be> In-Reply-To: <20140929165842.GC5599@skynet.be> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 06:58:42PM +0200, Luc Verhaegen wrote: > > In the 2nd round of this discussion, i stated that another fb or even a > drm driver altogether seemed to be the sensible way out of this mess. > > I suggest drm_rescue. > > Very early on, now almost two months back, i used the word "denialfb". > rpifb is the real name of this thing though, but then the dt binding > names would have to change and whatnot. > > I don't get the resistance, at least not from a technical point of view. > And i do not care enough to get properly involved in this pointless and > endless discussion. drm_rescue it is. > > Luc Verhaegen. So Thierry, let's review what we have achieved here. 1) you keep simplefb absolutely true to the name. Congratulations. 2) Simplefb will only have a single user: the rpi. As the only other users i can think of, which does not have a full driver and which does not have clocks automatically disabled, are discrete cards. And they do not really tend to happen with dt or platform devices. 3) a competing driver will be created, which will do these dt-ishy things. 4) it's just a matter of time before the rpi either gets a full driver, or switches over to the driver that everyone else is actually using. And then the misnomer gets deprecated. Was that the outcome you were looking for? I think not. Luc Verhaegen.