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 0B36DC63684 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:47:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S241624AbiAZNrk (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:47:40 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([170.10.133.124]:53951 "EHLO us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S241626AbiAZNrh (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:47:37 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1643204857; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=xq9qXfs6mYq/UfTYZlfXKoJk7bb8Idtqn7KKr27tJeY=; b=bONizZyyC0bqldXQ+kQWfVadWSdBtWVCsGeCwthShSsmCqf8yDxPQwrnUdKRhSpRp7IwED SZhUzDu7E8ved0F/j6YK1Ec4ljsEAxhc/qiFroHjkTmKzJg6kvvToaZRBsIH4Kca2VXfnm dN4pmZqTgF798E9FCndcEbn+kXclC/g= Received: from mail-wr1-f72.google.com (mail-wr1-f72.google.com [209.85.221.72]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-304-rDEvdqP2NkuvEBPe_ufmxw-1; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 08:47:36 -0500 X-MC-Unique: rDEvdqP2NkuvEBPe_ufmxw-1 Received: by mail-wr1-f72.google.com with SMTP id h12-20020adfa4cc000000b001d474912698so4303094wrb.2 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 05:47:35 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:cc:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=xq9qXfs6mYq/UfTYZlfXKoJk7bb8Idtqn7KKr27tJeY=; b=VNgqHr8s1CHgL1gNOL7pjl0SAgNRUvH84opm55wlI0JS5vPe82ZgNPkJBSvVbJ5uN3 7Q6hrp4wwrztBN32XycXYi0+tMtFneeKLlKlNzYlaJO9K9G2gqyxAySnZbh3CnSCHiJf jP5peM38kHrjhAcUPlGpC6NXskiZtHqyVIWS6XDdSAhGuuOSw6nrEIhslU3h6CxLLqG+ 9cHs76qjurKufnoPP+BNKAaKfc3aRZRHlRoNy2R6j3l9JmTU1f6BCmEMvWyWywgwPEdN 3tFYGG0gLkMad1pJerMtCJDTgLkiC9wSPVM2nHD/3rA25cZDuSwTrp5sY3+wHnMyqVGf LPqA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533D+VuKcqF+GiAVygzW6Bnx0AZxFSzi0k2ORSxUWGvhn6AIGVZg tRT09jhRrbFq59/agcAHFYtuWWljPJVEqRhzca1nitfhPwpIP1Gd+Hr+JpDHC6cIQApqf3ixpEs XPgG8Wwj9snqksvGXbGcuwG9R X-Received: by 2002:a1c:f404:: with SMTP id z4mr7537087wma.165.1643204854941; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 05:47:34 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxs81KYxiPF/pMoFmGo74Ky9xgWpfukUAN7+fK2cyeIPPH1/2P88Q/Z9OzeoSa7tZySgGcZpA== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:f404:: with SMTP id z4mr7537069wma.165.1643204854684; Wed, 26 Jan 2022 05:47:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.102] ([92.176.231.205]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n2sm22869132wrw.63.2022.01.26.05.47.33 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 26 Jan 2022 05:47:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 14:47:33 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.4.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance Content-Language: en-US To: Andy Shevchenko 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 References: <20220125202118.63362-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> <991e988b-7225-881b-a59a-33c3eae044be@suse.de> <3877516e-3db3-f732-b44f-7fe12b175226@gmx.de> From: Javier Martinez Canillas In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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: >> >> [snip] >> >>>> 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). Best regards, -- Javier Martinez Canillas Linux Engineering Red Hat