linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] video: Add auxiliary display drivers to Graphics support menu

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Message-ID: <87jzusu5uz.fsf@minerva.mail-host-address-is-not-set>
Date:   Sat, 22 Jul 2023 02:50:28 +0200
From:   Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Jacek Lawrynowicz <jacek.lawrynowicz@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jeffrey Hugo <quic_jhugo@...cinc.com>,
        Nipun Gupta <nipun.gupta@....com>,
        Oded Gabbay <ogabbay@...nel.org>,
        Pieter Jansen van Vuuren <pieter.jansen-van-vuuren@....com>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] video: Add auxiliary display drivers to Graphics
 support menu

Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com> writes:

> On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 2:13 AM Javier Martinez Canillas
> <javierm@...hat.com> wrote:
>>
>> Oh, interesting. I wonder why that couldn't had been a fbdev driver then
>> using FB_VISUAL_MONO01? I'll reword then the commit message before apply
>> to the following instead:
>
> It is :)
>
>     .type = FB_TYPE_PACKED_PIXELS,
>     .visual = FB_VISUAL_MONO10,
>

Ah! Should had read the driver before commenting then :)

> The original distinction was more about having a place where to put
> small, simple displays that were not your usual "screen", where you
> would typically draw a custom UI, probably controlled with a few
> custom buttons, etc.
>

Got it. Then that's yet another argument for adding the auxdisplay
drivers under the same "Graphics support" menu.

>> Perfect, thanks!
>
> My pleasure!
>
> Cheers,
> Miguel
>

-- 
Best regards,

Javier Martinez Canillas
Core Platforms
Red Hat