linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] platform/x86/tuxedo: Add virtual LampArray for TUXEDO NB04 devices

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Message-ID: <Zvxjo/CYXmKw2jjM@duo.ucw.cz>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 23:03:31 +0200
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To: Benjamin Tissoires <bentiss@...nel.org>
Cc: Werner Sembach <wse@...edocomputers.com>, Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>,
	Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
	Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, jelle@...aa.nl, jikos@...nel.org,
	lee@...nel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-leds@...r.kernel.org,
	miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com, ojeda@...nel.org,
	onitake@...il.com, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] platform/x86/tuxedo: Add virtual LampArray for
 TUXEDO NB04 devices

Hi!

> PPS: sorry for pushing that hard on HID-BPF, but I can see that it fits
> all of the requirements here:
> - need to be dynamic
> - still unsure of the userspace implementation, meaning that userspace
>   might do something wrong, which might require kernel changes
> - possibility to extend later the kernel API
> - lots of fun :)

Please don't do this.

We have real drivers for framebuffers. We don't make them emulate
USB-display devices.

Yes, this is a small display, and somewhat unusual with weird pixel
positions, but it is common enough that we should have real driver for
that, with real API.

Best regards,
								Pavel
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