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Message-ID: <991e988b-7225-881b-a59a-33c3eae044be@suse.de>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:52:09 +0100
From: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
Carlis <zhangxuezhi1@...ong.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Cc: Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
Helge Deller <deller@....de>, Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance
Hi
Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 schrieb Andy Shevchenko:
> Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to
> unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending PRs to Helge)
> and move it out of staging since there is no more clean
> up work expected and no more drivers either.
>
> Thoughts?
But why? We already have DRM drivers for some of these devices. Porting
the others to DRM is such a better long-term plan. OTOH, as no one has
shown up and converted them, maybe they should be left dead or removed
entirely.
Best regards
Thomas
>
> Andy Shevchenko (4):
> fbtft: Unorphan the driver
> fbtft: Move driver out from staging
> fbtft: Kill outdated documentation
> fbtft: Replace 'depends on FB_TFT' by 'if FB_TFT ... endif'
>
> MAINTAINERS | 6 ++--
> drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 --
> drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 -
> drivers/staging/fbtft/README | 32 ------------------
> drivers/staging/fbtft/TODO | 3 --
> drivers/video/Kconfig | 1 +
> drivers/video/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/Kconfig | 33 +++----------------
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/Makefile | 0
> .../{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_agm1264k-fl.c | 0
> .../{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_bd663474.c | 0
> .../{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_hx8340bn.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_hx8347d.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_hx8353d.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.h | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9163.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9320.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9325.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9340.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9341.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9481.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9486.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_pcd8544.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ra8875.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_s6d02a1.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_s6d1121.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_seps525.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_sh1106.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1289.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1305.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1306.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1325.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1331.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_st7735r.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_st7789v.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_tinylcd.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_tls8204.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_uc1611.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_uc1701.c | 0
> .../{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_upd161704.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fbtft-core.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fbtft-io.c | 0
> .../{staging => video}/fbtft/fbtft-sysfs.c | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fbtft.h | 0
> drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/internal.h | 0
> 48 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/README
> delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/TODO
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/Kconfig (89%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/Makefile (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_agm1264k-fl.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_bd663474.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_hx8340bn.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_hx8347d.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_hx8353d.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.h (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9163.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9320.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9325.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9340.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9341.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9481.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ili9486.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_pcd8544.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ra8875.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_s6d02a1.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_s6d1121.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_seps525.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_sh1106.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1289.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1305.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1306.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1325.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1331.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_st7735r.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_st7789v.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_tinylcd.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_tls8204.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_uc1611.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_uc1701.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fb_upd161704.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fbtft-core.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fbtft-io.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fbtft-sysfs.c (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/fbtft.h (100%)
> rename drivers/{staging => video}/fbtft/internal.h (100%)
>
--
Thomas Zimmermann
Graphics Driver Developer
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
(HRB 36809, AG Nürnberg)
Geschäftsführer: Ivo Totev
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