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

From: Javier Martinez Canillas
Date: Wed Jan 26 2022 - 08:44:22 EST


On 1/26/22 14:18, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:56:11PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:37:00PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>> On 1/26/22 11:28, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>
> ...
>
>>> fb_hx8347d.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/hx8357d.c)
>>> fb_hx8357d.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/hx8357d.c)
>>> fb_ili9163.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/ili9163.c)
>>> fb_ili9341.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/mi0283qt.c ?)
>>> fb_ili9486.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/ili9486.c)
>>> fb_st7735r.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/st7735r.c)
>>> fb_st7789v.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-sitronix-st7789v.c)
>>
>> I'll gladly take a patch that deletes the fb_* files that are already
>> handled by a DRM driver like you list here.
>
> None of the DRM driver supports parallel interface for these devices.
>

Thanks for the info. Then we can't remove any of these drivers indeed.

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