[PATCH] gpu: schedule gma500 stub driver for feature removal

Lee, Chun-Yi joeyli.kernel at gmail.com
Mon May 21 08:23:36 PDT 2012


In v3.3, the gma500 drm driver moved from staging to drm group by
Alan Cox's 3abcf41fb patch. the gma500 drm driver should control
brightness well and don't need gma500 stub driver anymore.

So, my plan is remove gma500 stub driver at Dec. 2012.

Cc: randy.dunlap at oracle.com
Cc: mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org
Cc: gregkh at suse.de
Cc: trenn at suse.de
Cc: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
Cc: Dennis.Jansen at web.de
Cc: airlied at redhat.com
Cc: eric at anholt.net
Cc: alexdeucher at gmail.com
Cc: bskeggs at redhat.com
Cc: chris at chris-wilson.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee at suse.com>
---
 Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |   11 +++++++++++
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
index a0ffac0..219d6f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -524,3 +524,14 @@ Files:	arch/arm/mach-at91/at91cap9.c
 Why:	The code is not actively maintained and platforms are now hard to find.
 Who:	Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre at atmel.com>
 	Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj at jcrosoft.com>
+
+----------------------------
+
+What:	Intel GMA500 Stub Driver
+When:	December 2012
+Why:	In v3.3, the gma500 drm driver moved from staging to drm group by
+	Alan Cox's 3abcf41fb patch. the gma500 drm driver should control
+	brightness well and don't need gma500 stub driver anymore.
+
+	So, my plan is remove gma500 stub driver at Dec. 2012.
+Who:	Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee at novell.com>
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