linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jan 2022 14:44:12 +0100
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>,
        "open list:FRAMEBUFFER LAYER" <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        dri-devel <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Carlis <zhangxuezhi1@...ong.com>,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

On 1/26/22 14:18, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:56:11PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:37:00PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>> On 1/26/22 11:28, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>>>    fb_hx8347d.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/hx8357d.c)
>>>    fb_hx8357d.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/hx8357d.c)
>>>    fb_ili9163.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/ili9163.c)
>>>    fb_ili9341.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/mi0283qt.c ?)
>>>    fb_ili9486.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/ili9486.c)
>>>    fb_st7735r.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/st7735r.c)
>>>    fb_st7789v.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-sitronix-st7789v.c)
>>
>> I'll gladly take a patch that deletes the fb_* files that are already
>> handled by a DRM driver like you list here.
> 
> None of the DRM driver supports parallel interface for these devices.
> 

Thanks for the info. Then we can't remove any of these drivers indeed.

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat