[RFC PATCH 1/2] drm/hyperv: Add DRM driver for hyperv synthetic video device

Deepak Rawat drawat.floss at gmail.com
Mon Nov 16 16:36:58 UTC 2020


> > > 
> > > Hi Thomas,
> > > 
> > > I am working on adding gen2 VM support and cursor support. Also
> > > for my
> > > next interation moving the driver out of tiny. Progress is slow
> > > lately
> > > as busy with other stuff at work. Hopefully I will be able to
> > > finish
> > > during coming holidays.
> > 
> > I see. Thanks for the update. I'd suggest to clean up what you have
> > and
> > send it for review. Having even a simple driver in upstream makes
> > it so
> > much easier for others to contribute and you'll get many of the
> > upstream
> > improvements automatically.
> 
> Seconded, once we have some basics (like gen1 only, no cursor
> support)
> landing incremental changes tends to be much easier than the initial
> driver.
> 
> So adding more features and trying to make it as complete as possible
> before you want to land it might just be detriminal to overall
> upstreaming
> speed. Usually at least.
> 

Thanks Thomas and Daniel,

I will quickly submit a patches with gen1/2 without cursor support
later next week.



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