Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-27 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 11:32:58AM +0100, Dmitry Vyukov wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jan 2022 at 07:30, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:31:02PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > > > dOn Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 3:46 PM Dan Carpenter > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > The other advantage of stag

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-27 Thread Maxime Ripard
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 03:30:35PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:38:09PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote: > > On 1/26/22 12:24, Daniel Vetter wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18 PM Javier Martinez Canillas > > > wrote: > > >> On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: > >

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-27 Thread Sven Schnelle
Helge Deller writes: > On 1/26/22 12:24, Daniel Vetter wrote: >> And that point was about 5 years ago, and has been discussed at some >> plumbers meanwhile, resulting in the staging TODO patches to make >> these drm drivers to destage them. >> >> Fixing bugs in fbdev is all fine, reopening it for

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Dan Carpenter
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:31:02PM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > dOn Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 3:46 PM Dan Carpenter > wrote: > > > > The other advantage of staging is the I don't think syzbot enables it. > > I guess it's easier to persuade Dmitry to ignore STAGING than it was to > > get him to disabl

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 3:24 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 03:18:14PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > > On 1/26/22 15:11, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 02:47:33PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > > >> On 1/26/22 14:27, Andy Shevchenk

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Daniel Vetter
dOn Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 3:46 PM Dan Carpenter wrote: > > The other advantage of staging is the I don't think syzbot enables it. > I guess it's easier to persuade Dmitry to ignore STAGING than it was to > get him to disable FBDEV. :P > > The memory corruption in fbdev was a real headache for ever

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Helge Deller
On 1/26/22 16:02, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > Hi > > Am 26.01.22 um 14:32 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:41:41PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: >>> Am 26.01.22 um 11:59 schrieb Helge Deller: >> >> ... >> >> >>> It's always for the same reason: the hw is old and devs have mov

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 04:02:23PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > Am 26.01.22 um 14:32 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:41:41PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > > > Am 26.01.22 um 11:59 schrieb Helge Deller: > > > It's always for the same reason: the hw is old and devs h

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Thomas Zimmermann
Hi Am 26.01.22 um 14:32 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:41:41PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: Am 26.01.22 um 11:59 schrieb Helge Deller: ... It's always for the same reason: the hw is old and devs have moved on. It's pity to have a working system with an old hardwar

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Dan Carpenter
The other advantage of staging is the I don't think syzbot enables it. I guess it's easier to persuade Dmitry to ignore STAGING than it was to get him to disable FBDEV. :P The memory corruption in fbdev was a real headache for everyone because the stack traces ended up all over the kernel. regar

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 03:18:14PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > On 1/26/22 15:11, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 02:47:33PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > >> On 1/26/22 14:27, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > >>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18:30PM +0100, Javier Mar

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Javier Martinez Canillas
On 1/26/22 15:11, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 02:47:33PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: >> On 1/26/22 14:27, Andy Shevchenko wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18:30PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: > On 1/26/22

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 02:47:33PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > On 1/26/22 14:27, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18:30PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > >> On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: > >>> On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: ... > P

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Javier Martinez Canillas
On 1/26/22 14:27, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18:30PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: >> On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: >>> On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: >> >> [snip] >> P.S. For the record, I will personally NAK any attempts to remove that

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Javier Martinez Canillas
On 1/26/22 14:18, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:56:11PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:37:00PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: >>> On 1/26/22 11:28, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > ... > >>>fb_hx8347d.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 02:19:37PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > On 1/26/22 13:56, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > >>fb_ili9341.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/mi0283qt.c ?) > > This was a copy and paste error. It should had been: > >(DRM driver in drivers/gp

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:41:41PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > Am 26.01.22 um 11:59 schrieb Helge Deller: ... > It's always for the same reason: the hw is old and devs have moved on. It's pity to have a working system with an old hardware that no one in the kernel community gives a shit a

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:38:09PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote: > On 1/26/22 12:24, Daniel Vetter wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18 PM Javier Martinez Canillas > > wrote: > >> On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: > >>> On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: ... > P.S. For the record

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18:30PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: > > On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > [snip] > > >> P.S. For the record, I will personally NAK any attempts to remove that > >> driver from the kernel. And this is another

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:15:48PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:52:16AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:47 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman > > wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:02:36PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 202

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:52:16AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:47 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman > wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:02:36PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann > > > wrote: > > > > Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 sc

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 02:15:29PM +0100, Noralf Trønnes wrote: > > > > Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to > > unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending PRs to Helge) > > and move it out of staging since there is no more clean > > up work expected and no more drivers either. > > >

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:56:11PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:37:00PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > > On 1/26/22 11:28, Dan Carpenter wrote: ... > >fb_hx8347d.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/hx8357d.c) > >fb_hx8357d.c (DRM driver in driv

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Javier Martinez Canillas
On 1/26/22 13:56, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: [snip] >>fb_ili9341.c (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/mi0283qt.c ?) This was a copy and paste error. It should had been: (DRM driver in drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/ili9341.c) >>fb_ili9481.c >>fb_ili9486.c (DRM driver in dr

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:37:00PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > On 1/26/22 11:28, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:04:26PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:02 PM Andy Shevchenko > >> wrote: > >>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zi

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Noralf Trønnes
> > Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to > unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending PRs to Helge) > and move it out of staging since there is no more clean > up work expected and no more drivers either. > > Thoughts? Here's a driver I have been working on: drm/panel: Add MIPI DBI

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 01:37:00PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > On 1/26/22 11:28, Dan Carpenter wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:04:26PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:02 PM Andy Shevchenko > >> wrote: > >>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zi

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Javier Martinez Canillas
On 1/26/22 11:28, Dan Carpenter wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:04:26PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:02 PM Andy Shevchenko >> wrote: >>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann >>> wrote: Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: >> >> ... >

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:51:46PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote: > On 1/26/22 12:38, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:31:21PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote: > >> On 1/26/22 12:18, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > >>> On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: > On 1/26/22 11:02, A

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Helge Deller
On 1/26/22 12:38, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:31:21PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote: >> On 1/26/22 12:18, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: >>> On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: >>> >>> [snip] >>> > P.S. For the record, I wi

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Thomas Zimmermann
Hi Am 26.01.22 um 12:31 schrieb Helge Deller: On 1/26/22 12:18, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: [snip] P.S. For the record, I will personally NAK any attempts to remove that driver from the kernel. And this is a

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Thomas Zimmermann
Hi Am 26.01.22 um 11:59 schrieb Helge Deller: On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann wrote: Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending PRs to

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Helge Deller
On 1/26/22 12:24, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18 PM Javier Martinez Canillas > wrote: >> >> On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: >>> On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: >> >> [snip] >> P.S. For the record, I will personally NAK any attempts to remove that driv

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:31:21PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote: > On 1/26/22 12:18, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > > On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: > >> On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > >>> P.S. For the record, I will personally NAK any attempts to remove that >

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Helge Deller
On 1/26/22 12:18, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: >> On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > [snip] > >>> P.S. For the record, I will personally NAK any attempts to remove that >>> driver from the kernel. And this is another point why it's better not >>>

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:18 PM Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > > On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: > > On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > [snip] > > >> P.S. For the record, I will personally NAK any attempts to remove that > >> driver from the kernel. And this is another point wh

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Javier Martinez Canillas
On 1/26/22 11:59, Helge Deller wrote: > On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: [snip] >> P.S. For the record, I will personally NAK any attempts to remove that >> driver from the kernel. And this is another point why it's better not >> to be under the staging. > > I agree. Same as for me to NA

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:52:16AM +0100, Daniel Vetter wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:47 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:02:36PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi > > > >

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Helge Deller
On 1/26/22 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann > wrote: >> Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: >>> Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to >>> unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending PRs to Helge) >>> and move it out of stagin

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:47 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:02:36PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: > > > > Since we got a mainta

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Greg Kroah-Hartman
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:02:36PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann > wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: > > > Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to > > > unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 11:03 AM Andy Shevchenko wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann > wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: > > > Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to > > > unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending PRs t

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Dan Carpenter
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:04:26PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:02 PM Andy Shevchenko > wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann > > wrote: > > > Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: > > ... > > > > But why? We already have DRM driver

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 12:02 PM Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann > wrote: > > Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: ... > > But why? We already have DRM drivers for some of these devices. > > No, we do not (only a few are available). Sorry,

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Andy Shevchenko
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 10:52 AM Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > > Hi > > Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: > > Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to > > unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending PRs to Helge) > > and move it out of staging since there is no more clean > > up

Re: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-26 Thread Thomas Zimmermann
Hi Am 25.01.22 um 21:21 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending PRs to Helge) and move it out of staging since there is no more clean up work expected and no more drivers either. Thoughts? But why? We already have

[PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance

2022-01-25 Thread Andy Shevchenko
Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending PRs to Helge) and move it out of staging since there is no more clean up work expected and no more drivers either. Thoughts? Andy Shevchenko (4): fbtft: Unorphan the driver fbtft: Move driver out fro