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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    fbtft: Kill outdated documentation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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