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From: Sven Schnelle <svens@stackframe.org>
To: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
	dri-devel <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
	Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFT] fbdev driver for HP Visualize FX cards
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:54:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r1c0s1bt.fsf@x1.stackframe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cd0f90d9-7dba-af33-f88b-289fc6f80b51@suse.de> (Thomas Zimmermann's message of "Mon, 1 Nov 2021 08:07:41 +0100")

Hi Thomas,

Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> writes:

> Am 31.10.21 um 20:53 schrieb Sven Schnelle:
>> Hi List(s),
>> i wrote a fbdev driver for the HP Visualize FX cards used some of
>> the
>> PA-RISC workstations. It utilizes some of the 2D acceleration features
>> present in the card.
>> [..]
>
> Thanks for all the work you put into this. We welcome drivers even for
> older hardware, but not for fbdev. DRM is all the rage now and has
> been for a while. I'd like to ask you to convert the driver to DRM and
> resubmit to <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>.
>
> I while ago, I made conversion helpers for this. You can look at [1]
> for a trivial DRM drivers that wraps existing fbdev drivers for use
> with DRM. Once you have that, it turns into a refactoring job.

Thanks, i wasn't aware as i normally don't do any graphics related
development. I take a look at dri and port the driver, which is
hopefully not too hard.

Sven

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From: Sven Schnelle <svens@stackframe.org>
To: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>
Cc: linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org,
	dri-devel <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
	linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org, Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFT] fbdev driver for HP Visualize FX cards
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:54:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r1c0s1bt.fsf@x1.stackframe.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cd0f90d9-7dba-af33-f88b-289fc6f80b51@suse.de> (Thomas Zimmermann's message of "Mon, 1 Nov 2021 08:07:41 +0100")

Hi Thomas,

Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> writes:

> Am 31.10.21 um 20:53 schrieb Sven Schnelle:
>> Hi List(s),
>> i wrote a fbdev driver for the HP Visualize FX cards used some of
>> the
>> PA-RISC workstations. It utilizes some of the 2D acceleration features
>> present in the card.
>> [..]
>
> Thanks for all the work you put into this. We welcome drivers even for
> older hardware, but not for fbdev. DRM is all the rage now and has
> been for a while. I'd like to ask you to convert the driver to DRM and
> resubmit to <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>.
>
> I while ago, I made conversion helpers for this. You can look at [1]
> for a trivial DRM drivers that wraps existing fbdev drivers for use
> with DRM. Once you have that, it turns into a refactoring job.

Thanks, i wasn't aware as i normally don't do any graphics related
development. I take a look at dri and port the driver, which is
hopefully not too hard.

Sven

  reply	other threads:[~2021-11-01  8:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-10-31 19:53 [PATCH/RFT] fbdev driver for HP Visualize FX cards Sven Schnelle
2021-10-31 19:53 ` [PATCH] video: fbdev: add HP Visualize FX driver Sven Schnelle
2021-11-01  7:07 ` [PATCH/RFT] fbdev driver for HP Visualize FX cards Thomas Zimmermann
2021-11-01  8:54   ` Sven Schnelle [this message]
2021-11-01  8:54     ` Sven Schnelle
2021-11-01  9:33     ` Thomas Zimmermann
2021-11-01  9:33       ` Thomas Zimmermann
2021-11-01 10:11       ` Sven Schnelle
2021-11-01 10:11         ` Sven Schnelle
2021-11-06 21:02       ` Sven Schnelle
2021-11-06 21:02         ` Sven Schnelle
2021-11-08  8:37         ` Thomas Zimmermann
2021-11-08  8:37           ` Thomas Zimmermann
2021-11-08 16:31           ` Sven Schnelle
2021-11-08 16:31             ` Sven Schnelle
2021-11-08 19:08             ` Thomas Zimmermann
2021-11-08 19:08               ` Thomas Zimmermann

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