Re: [RFC] staging: fbtft: Moving fb_ili9341 (and others) to DRM

From: Nam Cao

Date: Thu Nov 05 2026 - 16:47:56 EST


Daniel Matyas <matyasdaniel006@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Questions:
> a) Is removing fb_ili9341 acceptable, pointing users of other ILI9341
> modules to panel-mipi-dbi? The KD233 node would then have no driver.
> b) Or should KD233 panel support go into a DRM driver first? I don't have
> its init sequence or physical size, or the board...
> c) Is removal of all of fbtft already planned?
> d) Several other fbtft drivers have drm counterparts. Should I inspect those
> to see if removal is needed?

IIRC the main reason fbtft needs to stay is because it supports parallel
interface which is missing in the DRM drivers.

Nam