Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753651AbbL2Qv2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:51:28 -0500 Received: from smtpoutz29.laposte.net ([194.117.213.104]:60152 "EHLO smtp.laposte.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753578AbbL2QvZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:51:25 -0500 Message-ID: <5682BA0B.9060001@laposte.net> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2015 17:51:23 +0100 From: Sebastian Frias User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frans Klaver CC: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard , Tomi Valkeinen , linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, LKML , mason , =?UTF-8?B?TcOlbnMgUnVsbGfDpXJk?= Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko References: <56828767.4050302@laposte.net> <5682936E.2040904@laposte.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-VR-SrcIP: 83.142.147.193 X-VR-FullState: 0 X-VR-Score: -100 X-VR-Cause-1: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrfeekiedrheekgdelvdcutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhf X-VR-Cause-2: ihhlvgemucfntefrqffuvffgnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucehtddtnecusecvtfgvtghiphhivghnthhs X-VR-Cause-3: ucdlqddutddtmdenucfjughrpefkfffhfgggvffufhgjtgfgsehtjegrtddtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpefu X-VR-Cause-4: vggsrghsthhirghnucfhrhhirghsuceoshhfkeegsehlrghpohhsthgvrdhnvghtqeenucfrrghrrghm X-VR-Cause-5: pehmohguvgepshhmthhpohhuthdphhgvlhhopegludejvddrvdejrddtrddvudegngdpihhnvghtpeek X-VR-Cause-6: fedrudegvddrudegjedrudelfedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehsfhekgeeslhgrphhoshhtvgdrnhgvthdp X-VR-Cause-7: rhgtphhtthhopehfrhgrnhhskhhlrghvvghrsehgmhgrihhlrdgtohhm X-VR-AvState: No X-VR-State: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 988 Lines: 23 On 12/29/2015 03:16 PM, Frans Klaver wrote: > On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Sebastian Frias wrote: >> Right now we don't know if the driver will be upstreamed. >> Let me rephrase my question: >> >> - how would you recommend enabling FB_CFB_FILLRECT, FB_CFB_COPYAREA and >> FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT for a driver that is not included in the kernel's tree? >> >> If that is not possible, I guess we will have to keep a forked tree until >> the driver is upstreamed, but we would like to avoid that, hence the >> question. > > I guess you'll have to keep on doing that indeed. I'm not aware of any > location where out-of-tree drivers are considered. You should try > again when you have some actual code to upstream. > Ok, thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/