From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 17:06:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 17:06:10 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:3855 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 30 Oct 2002 17:06:09 -0500 Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 22:12:29 +0000 From: Russell King To: James Simmons Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Fbdev development list Subject: Re: [BK fbdev updates] Message-ID: <20021030221229.B30602@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: James Simmons , Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Fbdev development list References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: ; from jsimmons@infradead.org on Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 01:42:21PM -0800 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 01:42:21PM -0800, James Simmons wrote: > The latest changes to the framebuffer layer are avaiable to be merged. > The changes include the final removal of all console related code in the > low level drivers. This allows for a very simple api. Also with this > design is to possible to run a test/debug a fbdev driver without the > framebuffer console. We can use another console system to see the results > of what we have done. This will allow greater speed at developing a new > driver because of the new simple api and the new approaches at > debugging them. Please merge with your tree. > > bk://fbdev.bkbits.net/fbdev-2.5 I'm getting sick to death of asking this. D I F F S T A T. G N U P A T C H. Why can't you make a script that automatically generates these for you? What do we need to do to you to make you do this? If you're not willing to do your part, don't be surprised when people ignore you when maintaining their framebuffer drivers. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html