Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752983AbbL3IHU (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2015 03:07:20 -0500 Received: from comal.ext.ti.com ([198.47.26.152]:45936 "EHLO comal.ext.ti.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751418AbbL3IHQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2015 03:07:16 -0500 Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko To: Sebastian Frias , Frans Klaver References: <56828767.4050302@laposte.net> <5682936E.2040904@laposte.net> <5682BA0B.9060001@laposte.net> CC: Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard , , LKML , mason , =?UTF-8?B?TcOlbnMgUnVsbGfDpXJk?= From: Tomi Valkeinen Message-ID: <5683908C.5040001@ti.com> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:06:36 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5682BA0B.9060001@laposte.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="E9CQcEBDCTOkcqiRV1Dr0rk8Vv6f8v3Hq" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2385 Lines: 66 --E9CQcEBDCTOkcqiRV1Dr0rk8Vv6f8v3Hq Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, On 29/12/15 18:51, Sebastian Frias wrote: > 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 a= nd >>> FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT for a driver that is not included in the kernel's tr= ee? >>> >>> 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. >> >=20 > Ok, thanks. Also note that I don't want new fbdev drivers into the mainline kernel. You should implement a DRM based driver instead. Tomi --E9CQcEBDCTOkcqiRV1Dr0rk8Vv6f8v3Hq Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWg5CMAAoJEPo9qoy8lh71/SUP/0gZB37hpCQ51lzn5aQn2rk/ 3ctqs+H0BTJUMbrBFRe9PvHZEdT1y19GtGbDTg3p72KErlvXQLdr+3qteKElx+fy sMjxM7bccx+JL6gX/oAUDrvI/ebQi5VMn48j8+Z23D9KR7pWP54niVnuagtqbync 8MACx9A6xdcH/jKbyWgkQsQx2wtQsP6OERSnPyjkfU0YiZIhyzC8e1+WUi1muvf5 fAslbXoiTeNItnUDx+Mzm+CjXHpie3Fis0gblfEh8ZFn/o2Emz7kqpeIEvcNPaeR /t9m+lGpOHsZuxgzxzAxHet4XwuaHUDUTS2NgiyxXzrgYJo28z6cv+W2fkxdB8DJ p4yuD09fx2NJZbMRmtEfPnhRRFNEHr74Sg9kY9WnH00clCFAjmCepKJ58NtjzT5R 17lT4XcSu/grZgQENwk7wks6k/ag91vsGAQtE/uracJxqUzh0bze/NqQShbUOctK KvnKNkXgNabRcDYUe2f1NDomg+QqzhIs5hNADgVTDF9IsUvqejTTi67jNWC6Y1aK q2q1LWgSCgn+F8mq9AgYJJ7YahIk2MlkP/ZLrnD7GDTu1Q8WP4Om0shguDvvh06F fRdpOW5ynC+rAoO4rRk4uBNOKt0IIFWnBtXR65mUcL3ZzwKNODcyNgaRfk112ub4 y1pT6wRE1+bOyCSlejU6 =E/Md -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --E9CQcEBDCTOkcqiRV1Dr0rk8Vv6f8v3Hq-- -- 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/