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

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Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:49:30 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	Robin van der Gracht <robin@...tonic.nl>,
	"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>,
	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] move ARM LCD display driver to auxdisplay

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Maxime Ripard
<maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com> wrote:

> Still, moving it to a "framework" that has been inactive for so long
> (and you even mention it in your PR) doesn't seem like the right move.

I still think sorting the driver into the right bucket has a value.

When/if the Linux LCD support gets an upstream push they
will know where to put their stuff: here, and then common stuff
can be abstracted. With drivers floating around in misc the
situation is even worse. http://lcd-linux.sourceforge.net/

Yours,
Linus Walleij