From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 775E7C28CF5 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:22:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S238830AbiAZNW5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:22:57 -0500 Received: from mga17.intel.com ([192.55.52.151]:51983 "EHLO mga17.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233165AbiAZNW4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:22:56 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1643203376; x=1674739376; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to; bh=RMyO1WCMKKm6nvlVwv3fqQksw6y8jrI2l1gTDNIwWL4=; b=IqYv8Bf46vqrZZNrnAuzvy356jc+8t7VuJK8S+6cyex1ShcEmXTN4lb4 4trFR9K5YiGR/8eTFM5FssS2P46nzGFKVcvvVz4anS1FqgGREDYgHkEnU xObBnvHjmpA28sRGm7mfR36KdRc665eWcavXccOjW0oe3Ry4JsTYoB4hc fs36Suu/O3S0CCHj5tQOCgH+itR3qxiA7MV8wpqmmUq5E1YTqIUA2UaTT F9Pc2vFuKnCpmv+R7l+TfC5uyVvrp1ENhEyjRC030q5vcZSj8l7zKWe6X igQ7Nkpa0vUPUCHTm6HArUKAbPVNN7FBGlpKAojXiZWpqedae6hPT0iHu A==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6200,9189,10238"; a="227219017" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.88,318,1635231600"; d="scan'208";a="227219017" Received: from orsmga001.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.18]) by fmsmga107.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 26 Jan 2022 05:22:55 -0800 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.88,318,1635231600"; d="scan'208";a="563407497" Received: from smile.fi.intel.com ([10.237.72.61]) by orsmga001-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 26 Jan 2022 05:22:52 -0800 Received: from andy by smile.fi.intel.com with local (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1nCiF7-00Ebj5-R9; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:21:45 +0200 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:21:45 +0200 From: Andy Shevchenko To: Noralf =?iso-8859-1?Q?Tr=F8nnes?= Cc: andy@kernel.org, deller@gmx.de, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, hkallweit1@gmail.com, lee.jones@linaro.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, michael.hennerich@analog.com, phil@philpotter.co.uk, zhangxuezhi1@yulong.com Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance Message-ID: References: <20220125202118.63362-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 02:15:29PM +0100, Noralf Trønnes wrote: > > > > Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to > > unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending PRs to Helge) > > and move it out of staging since there is no more clean > > up work expected and no more drivers either. > > > > Thoughts? > > Here's a driver I have been working on: > > drm/panel: Add MIPI DBI compatible SPI driver > https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20220125175700.37408-1-noralf@tronnes.org/ > > It should replace the SPI part of these fbtft drivers if accepted: This is good news, but... > $ grep -lr MIPI_DCS drivers/staging/fbtft/ | grep -v "-" | uniq | sort Hint: git grep -lw MIPI_DCS -- drivers/staging/fbtft > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8340bn.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8353d.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9163.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9340.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9341.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9481.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9486.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_s6d02a1.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_st7735r.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_st7789v.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_tinylcd.c > > There's no support for the parallel interface on these controllers in > drm. Support could be added to drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dbi.c. ...as I said and you confirmed that parallel interface support is missing. > Here's a status report I wrote 2 years ago: > > fbtft: 5 years in staging > https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/a6cef26c-0f4b-47f0-d249-71f53891526b@tronnes.org/ Thanks for sharing! -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko