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

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:45:24 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
        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 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

The other advantage of staging is the I don't think syzbot enables it.
I guess it's easier to persuade Dmitry to ignore STAGING than it was to
get him to disable FBDEV.  :P

The memory corruption in fbdev was a real headache for everyone because
the stack traces ended up all over the kernel.

regards,
dan carpenter