Re: [RFC 0/7] staging: fbtft: minimize coupling to the fbdev subsystem

2015-03-21 Thread Noralf Trønnes
Den 02.03.2015 11:54, skrev Noralf Trønnes: Hi, This patchset introduces a new API to minimize the coupling to the fbdev graphics subsystem. There have been calls to deprecate fbdev and new fbdev drivers are discouraged. Currently the FBTFT drivers are tightly coupled to fbdev through the fbtft

[RFC 0/7] staging: fbtft: minimize coupling to the fbdev subsystem

2015-03-02 Thread Noralf Trønnes
Hi, This patchset introduces a new API to minimize the coupling to the fbdev graphics subsystem. There have been calls to deprecate fbdev and new fbdev drivers are discouraged. Currently the FBTFT drivers are tightly coupled to fbdev through the fbtft module and the fbtft_par structure. What is F