linux-kernel - Re: arm64: allwinner: Add support for TERES I laptop

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Date:   Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:30:55 +0100
From:   Harald Geyer <harald@...ib.org>
To:     afzal mohammed <afzal.mohd.ma@...il.com>
cc:     Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...tlin.com>,
        Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@...e.org>, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@....com>,
        Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@...c.io>, info@...mex.com
Subject: Re: arm64: allwinner: Add support for TERES I laptop

Hi,

afzal mohammed writes:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 04:10:45PM +0000, Harald Geyer wrote:
> > This series adds support for the TERES I open hardware laptop produced
> > by olimex. With these patches and a bootloader capable of setting up
> > simple framebuffer the laptop is quite useable.
> 
> Thanks for the patches
> 
> w/ defconfig could reach to prompt via serial console using audio
> jack.
> 
> And just by enabling PWM_SUN4I & FB_SIMPLE, laptop could function
> standalone as well.
> 
> Suggestions (feel free to ignore):
> 
> 1. seems currently only review comment pending is on simple
> framebuffer, perhaps you can proceed removing just that so that a
> basic bootable system can be achieved at the earliest (iiuc, anyway
> drm would be the final solution for display)

I'm under the impression that I addressed the concerns regarding simplefb
satisfactorily. But yes: I hope to get this merged in time for 4.17.
If simplefb is a problem for that, I'd rather drop it then postpone
the entire series.

Thanks for testing,
Harald