From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: "Javier Martinez Canillas" <javierm@redhat.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-pwm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
"Thomas Zimmermann" <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
"David Airlie" <airlied@linux.ie>,
"Daniel Vetter" <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>,
"Mark Brown" <broonie@kernel.org>,
dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org,
"Liam Girdwood" <lgirdwood@gmail.com>,
"Noralf Trønnes" <noralf@tronnes.org>,
"Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
"Maxime Ripard" <maxime@cerno.tech>,
"Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>,
"Thierry Reding" <thierry.reding@gmail.com>,
"Lee Jones" <lee.jones@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] drm/tiny: Add driver for Solomon SSD1307 OLED displays
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 11:37:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yfj/XGRRDNABsLPm@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YfhM97cVH3+lJKg0@ravnborg.org>
On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 09:56:23PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 09:12:20PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
...
> > Patch #3 adds the driver. The name ssd1307 was used instead of ssd130x
> > (which would be more accurate) to avoid confusion for users who want to
> > migrate from the existing ssd1307fb fbdev driver.
> Looking forward the name ssd130x would make more sense. There is only so
> many existing users and a potential of much more new users.
> So in my color of the world the naming that benefits the most users
> wins.
It depends if the binding is going to be preserved. Also this series doesn't
answer to the question what to do with the old driver.
If you leave it, I would expect the backward compatibility, otherwise the
series misses removal of the old driver.
--
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-01 9:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-01-31 20:12 [PATCH 0/4] drm/tiny: Add driver for Solomon SSD1307 OLED displays Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-01-31 20:12 ` [PATCH 1/4] drm: Add I2C connector type Javier Martinez Canillas
[not found] ` <YfhMESTylI1NTKDg@ravnborg.org>
2022-01-31 23:26 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-01 12:58 ` Noralf Trønnes
2022-02-01 13:06 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-01 13:20 ` Noralf Trønnes
2022-02-01 13:55 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-01 13:38 ` Simon Ser
2022-02-01 14:20 ` Noralf Trønnes
[not found] ` <YfmeztkVXwZzAwYe@ravnborg.org>
2022-02-01 22:29 ` Simon Ser
2022-02-02 8:46 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-02 9:14 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2022-02-02 9:45 ` Noralf Trønnes
2022-02-02 15:04 ` Pekka Paalanen
2022-02-02 16:00 ` Noralf Trønnes
2022-01-31 20:12 ` [PATCH 2/4] drm/format-helper: Add drm_fb_gray8_to_mono_reversed() Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-01 9:59 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2022-02-01 11:13 ` Pekka Paalanen
2022-02-01 11:48 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-03-14 13:40 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-03-14 14:07 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-01-31 20:36 ` [PATCH 0/4] drm/tiny: Add driver for Solomon SSD1307 OLED displays Simon Ser
2022-01-31 20:39 ` Simon Ser
2022-01-31 23:21 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-01 8:26 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-02-01 8:34 ` Simon Ser
2022-02-01 8:36 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-02-01 10:08 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2022-02-01 10:11 ` Simon Ser
2022-02-01 10:17 ` Thomas Zimmermann
2022-02-01 8:38 ` Daniel Vetter
2022-02-01 9:49 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-01 10:42 ` Pekka Paalanen
2022-02-01 11:07 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-02-02 9:19 ` Pekka Paalanen
2022-02-02 10:55 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-02-01 8:43 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-02-01 9:27 ` Simon Ser
2022-02-01 10:36 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
[not found] ` <YfhM97cVH3+lJKg0@ravnborg.org>
2022-01-31 23:37 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-01 9:37 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2022-02-01 11:31 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-01 11:38 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-02-01 13:09 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-01 14:14 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-02-01 15:03 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-01 20:40 ` Sam Ravnborg
2022-02-02 8:38 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-02 11:06 ` Andy Shevchenko
2022-02-02 11:39 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-02 11:50 ` Andy Shevchenko
2022-02-02 11:54 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-02-02 12:21 ` Andy Shevchenko
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