linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:15:52 +0100
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Phillip Potter <phil@...lpotter.co.uk>,
        Carlis <zhangxuezhi1@...ong.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver

On 1/26/22 15:10, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 04:08:32PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 02:46:08PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>> On 1/26/22 14:12, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>>> I've just bought a SSD1306 (I2C) based one and will attempt to write a DRM
>>> driver using drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1306.c as a reference.
>>
>> You should take ssd1307fb.c instead. And basically create a MIPI based driver
>> for I2C. Then we won't go same road again for other similar devices.
> 
> For the record it supports your device:
> 
> static const struct i2c_device_id ssd1307fb_i2c_id[] = {
> { "ssd1305fb", 0 },
> { "ssd1306fb", 0 },
> { "ssd1307fb", 0 },
> { "ssd1309fb", 0 },
> 
> 

Thanks a lot for the pointer. I was only looking at drivers/staging
and didn't check drivers/video. I'll try to convert that one then
once I get the display.

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