Re: [PATCH 0/2] drm: add SimpleDRM driver

Noralf Trønnes
2016-08-04T17:30:25Z

Den 04.08.2016 16:36, skrev Daniel Vetter:
> On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 04:03:18PM +0200, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
>> This patchset adds the simpledrm driver by David Herrmann based on a
>> patchset[1] from 2014. That patchset also included patches for kicking
>> out simpledrm by real drivers. I have stayed away from that since it
>> involves another subsystem and I would probably be unable to answer any
>> questions about the implementation.
> Need David's input on this, but I think the force-removal of simpledrm
> when other drivers take over is required. Otherwise hilarity can ensue.
> If we leave this out for the inital merge then I think we need a really
> big warning in Kconfig that if people aren't careful it could result in a
> kaboom.

I understand. I anticipated this, but I was hoping that if I moved this
part forward,
which I was capable of doing, maybe someone else could do the rest :-)
Anyways, if no one chimes in to do this, lets add a warning.

> If you can, booting this on a vesa/uefi platform would be interesting too,
> just to make sure.

I'm a bit limited here I'm afraid. I only have a Raspberry Pi to test with.
My other Linux installations are running on a VMware ESXi server.

Noralf.