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

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Message-ID: <YfFpxEJ6L18DJQil@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jan 2022 17:33:24 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        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 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 04:02:23PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Am 26.01.22 um 14:32 schrieb Andy Shevchenko:
> > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:41:41PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> > > Am 26.01.22 um 11:59 schrieb Helge Deller:

> > > It's always for the same reason: the hw is old and devs have moved on.
> > 
> > It's pity to have a working system with an old hardware that no one in
> > the kernel community gives a shit about because simply they are not in
> > the same boat. Try to be on the people's position...
> 
> Yes, I do care about old hardware. I made helpers for converting fbdev
> drivers to DRM. I even made the initial commits for those drivers where I
> could find the HW on Ebay. [1] I made sure that every single of them at
> least gets fbcon onto the screen. So interested devs could start
> immediately.

Thanks for doing that, I at least appreciate it.

> Yet, no one ever showed up to convert even a single driver.

I have helper in a limited way to test / enable drivers on some platforms
where it wasn't possible before (you can easily see what I have done by running
`git log --oneline --author="Andy Shevchenko" -- drivers/video drivers/gpu/drm
drivers/staging/fbtft`), but DRM is completely new subsystem to me if we talk
about driver conversion or so.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko