Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/2] drm/arm: Add support for Mali Display Processors

From: Emil Velikov
Date: Wed Apr 13 2016 - 11:29:22 EST


On 13 April 2016 at 14:48, Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 12:48:05PM +0100, Emil Velikov wrote:
>> Hi Liviu,
>
> Hi Emil,
>
>>
>> On 1 April 2016 at 17:21, Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Add support for the new family of Display Processors from ARM Ltd.
>> > This commit adds basic support for Mali DP500, DP550 and DP650
>> > parts, with only the display engine being supported at the moment.
>> >
>> > Cc: David Brown <David.Brown@xxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Brian Starkey <Brian.Starkey@xxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@xxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> > drivers/gpu/drm/arm/Kconfig | 15 +
>> > drivers/gpu/drm/arm/Makefile | 2 +
>> > drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_crtc.c | 276 +++++++++++++
>> > drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c | 486 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.h | 49 +++
>> > drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_hw.c | 777 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_hw.h | 192 +++++++++
>> > drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_planes.c | 342 ++++++++++++++++
>> > drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_regs.h | 172 ++++++++
>> > 9 files changed, 2311 insertions(+)
>> > create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_crtc.c
>> > create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.c
>> > create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_drv.h
>> > create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_hw.c
>> > create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_hw.h
>> > create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_planes.c
>> > create mode 100644 drivers/gpu/drm/arm/malidp_regs.h
>> >
>> Since the current MAINTAINERS include the whole drm/arm folder, one
>> could just generalise the heading alike
>>
>> s/ARM HDLCD DRM DRIVER/ARM DRM DRIVERS/
>
> For the Mali DP drivers we are planning to have a shared maintainership
> as it is covering quite a few HW versions and is a more complex driver.
> HDLCD is a very simple driver (and hardware part) so I'm going to keep
> that maintainership on my name, but the rest of Mali DP will have a wider
> support team.
>
> It is the reason why the patchset does not have a MAINTAINERS update.
>
Sounds great. Thank you !

-Emil