From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sebastian Frias Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:51:23 +0000 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko Message-Id: <5682BA0B.9060001@laposte.net> List-Id: References: <56828767.4050302@laposte.net> <5682936E.2040904@laposte.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Frans Klaver Cc: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard , Tomi Valkeinen , linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, LKML , mason , =?UTF-8?B?TcOlbnMgUnVsbGfDpXJk?= On 12/29/2015 03:16 PM, Frans Klaver wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Sebastian Frias wrote: >> Right now we don't know if the driver will be upstreamed. >> Let me rephrase my question: >> >> - how would you recommend enabling FB_CFB_FILLRECT, FB_CFB_COPYAREA and >> FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT for a driver that is not included in the kernel's tree? >> >> If that is not possible, I guess we will have to keep a forked tree until >> the driver is upstreamed, but we would like to avoid that, hence the >> question. > > I guess you'll have to keep on doing that indeed. I'm not aware of any > location where out-of-tree drivers are considered. You should try > again when you have some actual code to upstream. > Ok, thanks.