Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Helge as fbdev maintainer

[Jani Nikula]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On 1/17/22 22:40, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Seems like few people read linux-fbdev these days.
>>
>> How much traffic is there to linux-fbdev that is *not* Cc'd to dri-devel
>> also?
>
> Doesn't seem like much traffic - which IMHO is OK for such a tree with
> mostly just maintenance patches.
>
>> Do we still need a separate linux-fbdev mailing list at all?
>
> Yes. I want to have it seperate of dri-devel.
> Actually I'd prefer to drop dri-devel from the list where patches
> for fbdev are sent...

Disagreed. If anything, this thread shows we can't have fbdev and drm in
silos of their own.

Also, if the patches continue to get merged through drm-misc, they need
to be sent to dri-devel.


BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center