linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] move ARM LCD display driver to auxdisplay

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Message-ID: <8373519.0RWpCDubQ0@wuerfel>
Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 00:18:45 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	"arm@...nel.org" <arm@...nel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	Miguel Ojeda Sandonis <maxextreme@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] move ARM LCD display driver to auxdisplay

On Monday 25 April 2016 13:57:58 Maxime Ripard wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 11:43:58AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> > Hi ARM SoC guys,
> > 
> > these two patches move the ARM character LCD driver from
> > misc drivers to the auxdisplay subsystem where it belongs and
> > updates the defconfig for the RealView accordingly.
> > 
> > Please pull it into some cleanup branch in the ARM SoC
> > tree.
> > 
> > I tried to get some ACK from the auxdisplay maintainer but no
> > reaction.
> 
> Auxdisplay is not a new framework, but rather a very old one.
> 
> It got introduced in 2.6.21, and only received a couple of drivers
> since.
> 
> It seems to be quite redundant with fbdev deferred_io, which itself is
> almost deprecated these days.

I'm holding off on this pull request for now then.

I'd certainly like to see the driver get moved out of drivers/misc,
let me know once there has been an agreement of where it should go.

	Arnd