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

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Date:   Tue, 27 Apr 2021 15:10:14 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        "open list:FRAMEBUFFER LAYER" <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] fbtft: Replace custom ->reset() with generic one

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 2:09 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 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"?

There is nothing to fix actually, it's rather a pointer where this
change has been missed for some reason. I'll remove the tag.

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

Got it, thanks!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko