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From: Tabi Timur-B04825 <B04825@freescale.com>
To: Anatolij Gustschin <agust@denx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fsl-diu-fb: remove the ioctl interface
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 23:13:11 +0000
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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=
=20
remove it, maybe I can clean it up.

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale=