linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: omap2: remove rfbi

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Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:58:28 +0200
From:   Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:     Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
Cc:     Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: omap2: remove rfbi

On Friday, April 27, 2018 08:47:14 PM Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 05:09:14PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > omapfb equivalent of drm's commit aa61321d4c08 ("drm/omap: remove rfbi"):
> > 
> > The RFBI driver has not worked nor compiled for many years. There are
> > very few boards out there that use RFBI, and no one has stepped up to
> > fix it.
> >
> > So let's remove the RFBI code that doesn't even compile.
> 
> NACK. I'm just about to start fixing this and hoping to get display
> working on N8x0 boards.
> 
> See the other thread: https://marc.info/?l=linux-omap&m=152469100217934&w=2

You should be targeting omapdrm driver instead, fbdev subsystem is closed
for the new hardware support.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics