From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3DDE738F228; Thu, 26 Feb 2026 08:08:56 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.19 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772093337; cv=none; b=fVC3TW/FsBH4ptp3nYJ23n9ZNAdxHtxnbS3VEI77JLQrcuNcPoly6PvzjfAol7AI/0juHbs4O5rMqXTl3R3//jvHoCAQTUgm5P8zgSZ812xrZApiBx8raRI072b3FSAVixMUZ4rcDEorAGLdaSE0YysSyEOZ1LRUe8Q6dnk/fo4= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1772093337; c=relaxed/simple; bh=R507udYL6opjuI8np0fBrl0n6cNHN1Ex0n/gN/SM0is=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=oouTjPmSJUOCACcgz9yY8GKGfZYYZTtKHO2F8ZG13c2+a4UV68t48zz4o2MewxtDDgzhgA1DRoeGAEScrXJCtOXTOPYCt4L04kDLW16eJxZxUi/no+nE2mjhLnnSDs0f/PmtBuRm92yNy3GAbzT51Im8Ihm4QB/XmCYWtOSNkt8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=Cnm515ta; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.19 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="Cnm515ta" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1772093336; x=1803629336; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding; bh=R507udYL6opjuI8np0fBrl0n6cNHN1Ex0n/gN/SM0is=; b=Cnm515taLCJaBhak20jgMy4JBhtFJroQbewyT9InkD6cm2FouH/HyN9o CK6CPYp0bvCvX2IZ0odOqE+bx+YUv7ylAuJAPCXkuWCSGz+2mV58Q3e3N WDGDRewS7a39rncRlcvbcPUrCy6XZ7BlfVhi72Mpmq9gOmEpxzXa9m3nF fFwvBCgA+vQ9fL0H1UrQ71EkDqE45rDBp00vyFwNYfxi19yjoWv9l4Ncu 0Z2otuB/WzRE9qo0p0w11gkBqCbwhqHPogpl585xKg5C8ZXiu1okxWGMA 2VUlDo2Biztg7DLXh1TbJR48U36I3IV4KyfDz0g5IB2Rd/mavDlD3QxCt g==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: 0co/ChmbQZCd+4oMs4+A/Q== X-CSE-MsgGUID: 7qRZaFZSQcO7jADr5RBdnQ== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11712"; a="72180818" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,312,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="72180818" Received: from orviesa003.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.143]) by fmvoesa113.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 26 Feb 2026 00:08:55 -0800 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: arDF5drgSuiGjuhq6t849g== X-CSE-MsgGUID: xekKFge0QQGIy7/OLTSd+g== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.21,312,1763452800"; d="scan'208";a="220634741" Received: from black.igk.intel.com ([10.91.253.5]) by orviesa003.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 26 Feb 2026 00:08:53 -0800 Received: by black.igk.intel.com (Postfix, from userid 1003) id EEE6D98; Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:08:51 +0100 (CET) From: Andy Shevchenko To: Andy Shevchenko , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Andy Shevchenko , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Randy Dunlap , Helge Deller , Dan Carpenter Subject: [PATCH v1 1/1] fbtft: Update REAMDE to slow down the stream of undesired cleanups Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:08:45 +0100 Message-ID: <20260226080845.4081732-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.50.1 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lately the enormous amount of some untested cleanups started coming to a mailing list. This adds an unneeded and undesired burden on the reviewers and maintainers. Try to stop that by clearly state what we accept and on what conditions in the README file. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko --- drivers/staging/fbtft/README | 29 +++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/README b/drivers/staging/fbtft/README index ba4c74c92e4c..91f152d622bd 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/README +++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/README @@ -6,27 +6,12 @@ The module 'fbtft' makes writing drivers for some of these displays very easy. Development is done on a Raspberry Pi running the Raspbian "wheezy" distribution. -INSTALLATION - Download kernel sources +For new hardware support consider using DRM subsystem (see TODO). - From Linux 3.15 - cd drivers/video/fbdev/fbtft - git clone https://github.com/notro/fbtft.git +NOTE: - Add to drivers/video/fbdev/Kconfig: source "drivers/video/fbdev/fbtft/Kconfig" - Add to drivers/video/fbdev/Makefile: obj-y += fbtft/ - - Before Linux 3.15 - cd drivers/video - git clone https://github.com/notro/fbtft.git - - Add to drivers/video/Kconfig: source "drivers/video/fbtft/Kconfig" - Add to drivers/video/Makefile: obj-y += fbtft/ - - Enable driver(s) in menuconfig and build the kernel - - -See wiki for more information: https://github.com/notro/fbtft/wiki - - -Source: https://github.com/notro/fbtft/ +The driver is in maintenance mode, only performance issue or bug fixes +are accepted, which effectively means the patches must be tested on +the real hardware (the patch must be accompanied with the information +what hardware is that). The treewide changes may also be accepted as +an exception. -- 2.50.1