linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] drm/tiny: Add driver for Solomon SSD1307 OLED displays

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Date:   Tue, 1 Feb 2022 11:37:32 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pwm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
        Noralf Trønnes <noralf@...nnes.org>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Maxime Ripard <maxime@...no.tech>,
        Uwe Kleine-König 
        <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>,
        Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>,
        Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] drm/tiny: Add driver for Solomon SSD1307 OLED
 displays

On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 09:56:23PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 09:12:20PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:

...

> > Patch #3 adds the driver. The name ssd1307 was used instead of ssd130x
> > (which would be more accurate) to avoid confusion for users who want to
> > migrate from the existing ssd1307fb fbdev driver.
> Looking forward the name ssd130x would make more sense. There is only so
> many existing users and a potential of much more new users.
> So in my color of the world the naming that benefits the most users
> wins.

It depends if the binding is going to be preserved. Also this series doesn't
answer to the question what to do with the old driver.

If you leave it, I would expect the backward compatibility, otherwise the
series misses removal of the old driver.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko