linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc1 full] drivers: add LCD support

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Date:	Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:08:44 +0200
From:	"Miguel Ojeda" <maxextreme@...il.com>
To:	Franck <vagabon.xyz@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.19-rc1 full] drivers: add LCD support

On 10/23/06, Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@...il.com> wrote:
> Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> > The driver is waiting in the -mm tree (-mm2 right now) for being
> > included in the mainline kernel sometime in the future. If it is
> > included, I will maintain it as I coded it as it apears in the
> > MAINTAINERS file. Why are you so worried about it if I can ask? Do you
> > want some more features or something like that?
>
> Are you sure the patch you sent to Andrew is your latest patch
> version ? For example I can't found any locks in the patch that
> you normally added during the V6 patch version; auxlcddisplay.c
> doesn't no exist...
>
>                 Franck
>

Yes, we are sure. AFAIK there is no need to lock when it is a fbdev.
The older version were "alone" drivers: they needed to lock because
they used fops and they exported functions.
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