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From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:41:45 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add Helge as fbdev maintainer
To:     Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Cc:     Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
        Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
        DRI Development <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
        Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
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Hi Jani,

On Tue, Jan 18, 2022 at 9:38 AM Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> wrote:
> > On 1/17/22 22:40, Jani Nikula wrote:
> >> On Mon, 17 Jan 2022, Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@suse.de> wrote:
> >>> Seems like few people read linux-fbdev these days.
> >>
> >> How much traffic is there to linux-fbdev that is *not* Cc'd to dri-devel
> >> also?
> >
> > Doesn't seem like much traffic - which IMHO is OK for such a tree with
> > mostly just maintenance patches.
> >
> >> Do we still need a separate linux-fbdev mailing list at all?
> >
> > Yes. I want to have it seperate of dri-devel.
> > Actually I'd prefer to drop dri-devel from the list where patches
> > for fbdev are sent...
>
> Disagreed. If anything, this thread shows we can't have fbdev and drm in
> silos of their own.

Unless DRM drops fbdev support. Isn't that the long-term plan anyway?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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