Re: [PATCH v2 05/10] video: add MIPI DSI host controller bridge

[Brian Norris]

On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 10:57:59AM -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 04:44:06PM +0100, yannick fertre wrote:
> > Add a Synopsys Designware MIPI DSI host bridge driver, based on the
> > Rockchip version from rockchip/dw-mipi-dsi.c with phy & bridge APIs.
> 
> How many times are we going to allow copy-and-pasting the same driver?
> Last time we wanted to modify the Rockchip driver, we were told
> "consolidate", because ST had already forked our driver. This nearly
> halted all progress. I'm going to be real disappointed if we see another
> fork get merged.
> 
> (IOW, I would say "over my dead body," but I have no power here.)
> 
> And why can't you use DRM?

...wait a second...this looks like it's a u-boot driver. There's a
surprising amount of similarity between U-boot and Linux drivers (no
coincidence I'm sure), including <linux/...> headers.

Since when do U-Boot patches go to LKML and dri-devel?

Anyway, I'll try my best to ignore this series.

Brian