linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] staging: remove fbtft

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Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2016 10:36:01 +0200
From:   Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
To:     Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>,
        <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>, <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>,
        Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>,
        Teddy Wang <teddy.wang@...iconmotion.com>,
        Arnaud Patard <arnaud.patard@...-net.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] staging: remove fbtft

On 23/11/16 19:26, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> 
> Den 23.11.2016 09:03, skrev Tomi Valkeinen:
>> Since the fbdev framework is in maintenance mode and all new display
>> drivers should be made with the DRM framework, remove fbtft from
>> staging.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
> 
> FYI:
> I'm working on a drm version of fbtft: https://github.com/notro/tinydrm
> I have just picked it up after a 4 month break.
> 
> It is ready for a new review, except that I want to test how it would
> perform as a drm userspace driver first (for spi that would mean adding
> dma-buf support to spidev). If this performs well, then all the fbtft
> drivers could move to userspace. If it doesn't, then at least (very slow)
> i2c and e-ink displays could be userspace drivers.

Alright, sounds good to me.

So let's keep the staging fbdev drivers there until we have replacements.

 Tomi



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