linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] staging: sm7xxfb: move sm712fb out of staging

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Date:	Wed, 2 Sep 2015 18:18:12 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
Cc:	Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard <plagnioj@...osoft.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] staging: sm7xxfb: move sm712fb out of staging

On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 02:58:19PM +0300, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> On 01/09/15 16:55, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 04:27:24PM +0300, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> >> On 18/07/15 07:08, Sudip Mukherjee wrote:
> >>> Now since all cleanups are done and the code is ready to be merged lets
> >>> move it out of staging into fbdev location.
<snip>
> > Some replies inline and remaining I will fix and send patches to you.
> 
> Wouldn't the time be better spent on the DRM driver?
> 
> This driver will be obsolete immediately when there's a DRM driver for
> this device, and then it'll be yet another obsoleted fbdev driver we
> need to maintain.
Now I am getting confused. :(
Since this has already been merged I guess we need to maintain it now.
So then should I fix the things you pointed out or should i instead
give more priority to the DRM driver and fix these things later?

And, just to inform you, there are two more fbdev drivers in staging,
staging/sm750fb and staging/fbtft. And the ultimate goal of any driver
in staging is to move out staging into the main part of the kernel. And
I expect sm750fb to be ready for moving before 4.6 merge window.
If you don't want any more fbdev drivers to be added then maybe you can
have a talk with Greg about this. He is already in the cc.

regards
sudip
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