Re: [PATCH 1/2] video: fbdev: imxfb: support AUS mode

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Date: Tue Feb 28 2017 - 07:20:50 EST



Hi,

On Monday, February 27, 2017 11:33:36 PM Martin Kaiser wrote:
> Hello Uwe,
>
> Thus wrote Uwe Kleine-König (u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx):
>
> > given fbdev is orphaned
> > (http://git.kernel.org/linus/238600783d7470bec19350b0ee79e01825d3c84f)
>
> fbdev is no longer orphaned, Bartlomiej is the new maintainer.
>
> > I think it would be nice to move the imxfb driver over to drm.
> > I don't know much about drm, so I cannot say if that is easy or not, but
> > long term I think this is more robust than fbdev.
>
> I am aware that fbdev is in maintenance mode. However, I hope that small
> modifications like the one I submitted are still possible.

Yes, such changes are fine.

BTW Please merge both patches into one or at least make Cc:
list complete so people can see the whole context easily
(i.e. I didn't get patch #2 in my patches folder and Rob
didn't get patch #1).

> In the long run, I agree that we should move imxfb to drm.
>
> Best regards,
> Martin

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics