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

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Message-ID: <20180427181243.o7ro63l6z7yatey7@darkstar.musicnaut.iki.fi>
Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2018 21:12:43 +0300
From:   Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@....fi>
To:     Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
Cc:     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,
        Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] video: fbdev: omap2: remove rfbi

Hi,

On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 07:58:28PM +0200, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> On Friday, April 27, 2018 08:47:14 PM Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> > 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.

AFAIK, based on N950 display support discussion, it's impossible to get
anything new into omapdrm for a long time. And based on Tomi's comments,
restoring RFBI support with omapfb should be a minor thing.

A.