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 63E2EC2BA4C for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 14:12:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S241949AbiAZOM4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:12:56 -0500 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:38658 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S241952AbiAZOMw (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:12:52 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6200,9189,10238"; a="271007429" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.88,318,1635231600"; d="scan'208";a="271007429" Received: from fmsmga007.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.52]) by fmsmga101.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 26 Jan 2022 06:12:50 -0800 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.88,318,1635231600"; d="scan'208";a="532768877" Received: from smile.fi.intel.com ([10.237.72.61]) by fmsmga007-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 26 Jan 2022 06:12:45 -0800 Received: from andy by smile.fi.intel.com with local (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1nCj1P-00EcVH-3h; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:11:39 +0200 Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:11:38 +0200 From: Andy Shevchenko To: Javier Martinez Canillas Cc: Helge Deller , Thomas Zimmermann , Andy Shevchenko , linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, Michael Hennerich , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, Phillip Potter , Carlis , Lee Jones , Heiner Kallweit Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance Message-ID: References: <20220125202118.63362-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> <991e988b-7225-881b-a59a-33c3eae044be@suse.de> <3877516e-3db3-f732-b44f-7fe12b175226@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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 02:47:33PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > On 1/26/22 14:27, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18:30PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > >> On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: > >>> On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: ... > >>>> P.S. For the record, I will personally NAK any attempts to remove that > >>>> driver from the kernel. And this is another point why it's better not > >>>> to be under the staging. > >>> > >>> I agree. Same as for me to NAK the disabling of fbcon's acceleration > >>> features or even attempting to remove fbdev altogether (unless all > >>> relevant drivers are ported to DRM). > >> > >> But that will never happen if we keep moving the goal post. > >> > >> At some point new fbdev drivers should not be added anymore, otherwise > >> the number of existing drivers that need conversion will keep growing. > > > > This thread is not about adding a new driver. > > It was about adding a new drivers to drivers/video/ (taken from staging). Does it mean gates are open to take any new fbdev drivers to the staging? If not, I do not see a point here. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko