Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Wed Jan 26 2022 - 06:18:40 EST


On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote:
> On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

[snip]

>> P.S. For the record, I will personally NAK any attempts to remove that
>> driver from the kernel. And this is another point why it's better not
>> to be under the staging.
>
> I agree. Same as for me to NAK the disabling of fbcon's acceleration
> features or even attempting to remove fbdev altogether (unless all
> relevant drivers are ported to DRM).
>

But that will never happen if we keep moving the goal post.

At some point new fbdev drivers should not be added anymore, otherwise
the number of existing drivers that need conversion will keep growing.

Best regards,
--
Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat