[GIT PULL] Staging driver fix for 5.17-rc6

[GIT PULL] Staging driver fix for 5.17-rc6

[Greg KH]

The following changes since commit 754e0b0e35608ed5206d6a67a791563c631cec07:

  Linux 5.17-rc4 (2022-02-13 12:13:30 -0800)

are available in the Git repository at:

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git tags/staging-5.17-rc6

for you to fetch changes up to b6821b0d9b56386d2bf14806f90ec401468c799f:

  staging: fbtft: fb_st7789v: reset display before initialization (2022-02-15 17:14:22 +0100)

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Staging driver fix for 5.17-rc6

Here is a single staging driver fix for 5.17-rc6.

It resolves a reported problem in the fbtft fb_st7789v.c driver that
could cause the display to be flipped in cold weather.

It has been in linux-next with no reported problems.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

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Oliver Graute (1):
      staging: fbtft: fb_st7789v: reset display before initialization

 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_st7789v.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

Re: [GIT PULL] Staging driver fix for 5.17-rc6

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 5:23 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> It resolves a reported problem in the fbtft fb_st7789v.c driver that
> could cause the display to be flipped in cold weather.

LOL. WTF?

I just had to read the commit message for that odd thing.

             Linus

Re: [GIT PULL] Staging driver fix for 5.17-rc6

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The pull request you sent on Fri, 25 Feb 2022 14:23:08 +0100:

> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git tags/staging-5.17-rc6

has been merged into torvalds/linux.git:
https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/eae9350eb40aa0b07c280ab3a504bdc65c2211f1

Thank you!

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Re: [GIT PULL] Staging driver fix for 5.17-rc6

[Greg KH]

On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 11:57:43AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 5:23 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> > It resolves a reported problem in the fbtft fb_st7789v.c driver that
> > could cause the display to be flipped in cold weather.
> 
> LOL. WTF?
> 
> I just had to read the commit message for that odd thing.

Here it is in the real world, I should have added this to the changelog,
but I figured the url might not be permanent:
	https://www.core77.com/posts/111994/Hyundais-Strange-Cold-Weather-UI-Bug-Digital-Dashboard-Rotates-Flips-Display

Re: [GIT PULL] Staging driver fix for 5.17-rc6

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 9:08 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 11:57:43AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 5:23 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > It resolves a reported problem in the fbtft fb_st7789v.c driver that
> > > could cause the display to be flipped in cold weather.
> >
> > LOL. WTF?
> >
> > I just had to read the commit message for that odd thing.
>
> Here it is in the real world, I should have added this to the changelog,
> but I figured the url might not be permanent:
>         https://www.core77.com/posts/111994/Hyundais-Strange-Cold-Weather-UI-Bug-Digital-Dashboard-Rotates-Flips-Display

Don't keep your production drivers too long in staging?

(sorry, couldn't resist :-)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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