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

[Helge Deller]

On 1/18/22 09:38, Jani Nikula wrote:
> 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.

Patches to fbdev usually don't affect DRM.
Patches which affect DRM needs to through to dri-devel.
In addition this would take the burden of the dri-developers to receive
unrelated fbdev driver updates and patches.

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

Helge