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Date:   Wed, 26 Jan 2022 15:14:02 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To:     Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver
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On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:27:19PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18 PM Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> wrote:
> > On 1/26/22 11:31, Daniel Vetter wrote:

...

> > You are describing a transitioning over to DRM - which is Ok.
> > But on that way there is no need to ignore, deny or even kill usage scenarios
> > which are different compared to your usage scenarios (e.g. embedded devices,
> > old platforms, slow devices, slow busses, no 3D hardware features,
> > low-color devices, ...).
> 
> This patchset isn't about killing existing support.
> 
> This is about adding new drivers to a subsystem where consensus the
> past 6 years or so was that it's closed for new drivers.

You mean fbdev?

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Andy Shevchenko