Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] staging: remove fbdev drivers

[Daniel Vetter]

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 10:03:10AM +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Since the fbdev framework is in maintenance mode and all new display drivers
> should be made with the DRM framework, remove the fbdev drivers from staging.
> 
> Note: the patches are created with git format-patch -D, so they can't be
> applied. Only for review.

+1 from my side. Now that we have the simple pipe helpers in drm-kms, and
a few drivers starting to use them, there's really no reasons left anymore
to have fbdev drivers.

And if anyone wants to use the code as hw documentation, git will keep it
forever.
-Daniel
> 
>  Tomi
> 
> Tomi Valkeinen (3):
>   staging: remove xgifb
>   staging: remove sm750fb
>   staging: remove fbtft
> 
>  MAINTAINERS                              |   19 -
>  drivers/staging/Kconfig                  |    6 -
>  drivers/staging/Makefile                 |    3 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/Kconfig            |  210 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/Makefile           |   40 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/README             |   32 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_agm1264k-fl.c   |  456 ---
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_bd663474.c      |  184 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8340bn.c      |  234 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8347d.c       |  169 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8353d.c       |  157 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.c       |  210 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.h       |   70 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9163.c       |  273 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9320.c       |  278 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9325.c       |  277 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9340.c       |  149 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9341.c       |  166 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9481.c       |  112 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9486.c       |  112 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_pcd8544.c       |  176 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ra8875.c        |  318 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_s6d02a1.c       |  166 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_s6d1121.c       |  194 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1289.c       |  191 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1305.c       |  216 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1306.c       |  217 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1325.c       |  205 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1331.c       |  196 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c       |  238 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_st7735r.c       |  190 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_st7789v.c       |  265 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_tinylcd.c       |  112 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_tls8204.c       |  169 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_uc1611.c        |  340 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_uc1701.c        |  179 -
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_upd161704.c     |  197 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_watterott.c     |  302 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c        |  252 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c       | 1467 --------
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-io.c         |  238 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-sysfs.c      |  219 --
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft.h            |  421 ---
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c     | 1597 ---------
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/flexfb.c           |  619 ----
>  drivers/staging/fbtft/internal.h         |   25 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/Kconfig          |   14 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/Makefile         |    4 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/TODO             |   16 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750.h         |   24 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_chip.c    |  403 ---
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_chip.h    |   79 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_display.c |  186 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_display.h |  102 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_dvi.c     |   60 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_dvi.h     |   59 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c    |   17 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.h    |   21 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_hwi2c.c   |  254 --
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_hwi2c.h   |   11 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_mode.c    |  220 --
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_mode.h    |   41 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_power.c   |  165 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_power.h   |   50 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_reg.h     | 1458 --------
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_sii164.c  |  410 ---
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_sii164.h  |  174 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.c   |  516 ---
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.h   |   71 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/readme           |   38 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c          | 1248 -------
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.h          |  202 --
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_accel.c    |  388 ---
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_accel.h    |  225 --
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_cursor.c   |  183 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_cursor.h   |   17 -
>  drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_hw.c       |  557 ---
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/Kconfig            |   11 -
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/Makefile           |    4 -
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/TODO               |   13 -
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main.h         |  377 --
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c      | 2100 ------------
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/XGIfb.h            |  108 -
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_def.h           |  256 --
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_init.c          | 1363 --------
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_init.h          |    6 -
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_setmode.c       | 5529 ------------------------------
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_setmode.h       |   23 -
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_struct.h        |  164 -
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_table.h         | 2511 --------------
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_util.h          |   45 -
>  drivers/staging/xgifb/vgatypes.h         |   50 -
>  92 files changed, 31639 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/Kconfig
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/Makefile
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/README
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_agm1264k-fl.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_bd663474.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8340bn.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8347d.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8353d.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9163.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9320.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9325.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9340.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9341.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9481.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9486.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_pcd8544.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ra8875.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_s6d02a1.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_s6d1121.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1289.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1305.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1306.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1325.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1331.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_st7735r.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_st7789v.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_tinylcd.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_tls8204.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_uc1611.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_uc1701.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_upd161704.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_watterott.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-io.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-sysfs.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/flexfb.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/fbtft/internal.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/Kconfig
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/Makefile
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/TODO
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_chip.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_chip.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_display.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_display.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_dvi.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_dvi.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_help.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_hwi2c.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_hwi2c.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_mode.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_mode.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_power.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_power.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_reg.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_sii164.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_sii164.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/ddk750_swi2c.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/readme
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_accel.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_accel.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_cursor.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_cursor.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/sm750fb/sm750_hw.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/Kconfig
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/Makefile
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/TODO
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/XGIfb.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_def.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_init.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_init.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_setmode.c
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_setmode.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_struct.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_table.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/vb_util.h
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/staging/xgifb/vgatypes.h
> 
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