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

[Daniel Vetter]

On Sun, Nov 15, 2020 at 07:58:00PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Am 15.11.20 um 18:55 schrieb Deepak Rawat:
> > On Sun, 2020-11-15 at 10:14 +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote:
> >> Hi Deepak
> >>
> >> Am 11.09.20 um 02:38 schrieb Deepak Rawat:
> >>> On Thu, 2020-09-10 at 08:19 +0000, Tang, Shaofeng wrote:
> >>>> Hi Deepak,
> >>>>  
> >>>> Do you have a new version of this patch now?
> >>>> I take a try with it. and meet some typo and “incompatible
> >>>> pointer”
> >>>> error.
> >>>> If you have a new version, could you share it with us?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Hi Shaofeng,
> >>>
> >>> It seems you are running this with gen 2 VM, I have a patch to
> >>> support
> >>> gen 2 VM's at https://github.com/deepak-rawat/linux.git branch
> >>> hyperv_t
> >>> iny.
> >>
> >> I'm interested in merging this driver into the DRM upstream. What's
> >> the
> >> status? Are you still working on it?
> > 
> > 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.

Cheers, Daniel

> 
> Best regards
> Thomas
> 
> > 
> > Deepak
> > 
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >> Thomas
> >>
> >>>
> >>> If you still run into error after applying gen2 patch, feel free to
> >>> reach out with details.
> >>>
> >>> Deepak
> >>>
> >>>>  
> >>>> BR, Shaofeng
> >>>
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