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

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

On 1/26/22 14:27, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18:30PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> This thread is not about adding a new driver.
> 

It was about adding a new drivers to drivers/video/ (taken from staging).

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