linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Revert "staging: sm7xxfb: remove driver"

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Message-ID: <20141122140040.GA28422@kroah.com>
Date:	Sat, 22 Nov 2014 06:00:40 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Markos Chandras <Markos.Chandras@...tec.com>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Teddy Wang <teddy.wang@...iconmotion.com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Revert "staging: sm7xxfb: remove driver"

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 12:32:02PM +0530, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> 2) most important - I do not have the hardware. So from the TODO list
> dual head and 2D acceleration support will be tough without actually
> checking on the hardware.

For a driver like this, if you don't have the hardware, I wouldn't
recommend taking on the task of trying to fix it up and become the
maintainer, sorry.

greg k-h
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