linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] fbtft: Replace custom ->reset() with generic one

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Message-ID: <YIfwZ/oPVB9splQq@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:07:19 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] fbtft: Replace custom ->reset() with generic one

On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 05:20:41PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> The custom ->reset() repeats the generic one, replace it.
> 
> Note, in newer kernels the context of the function is a sleeping one,
> it's fine to switch over to the sleeping functions. Keeping the reset
> line asserted longer than 20 microseconds is also okay, it's an idling
> state of the hardware.
> 
> Fixes: b2ebd4be6fa1 ("staging: fbtft: add fb_agm1264k-fl driver")

What does this "fix"?  A bug or just a "it shouldn't have been done this
way"?

And as others pointed out, if you could put "staging: fbtft:" as a
prefix here, that would be much better.

thanks,

greg k-h