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

[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 11:02, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
>>>>>> 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 NAK the disabling of fbcon's acceleration
>>>>> features or even attempting to remove fbdev altogether (unless all
>>>>> relevant drivers are ported to DRM).
>>>>
>>>> But that will never happen if we keep moving the goal post.
>>>>
>>>> At some point new fbdev drivers should not be added anymore, otherwise
>>>> the number of existing drivers that need conversion will keep growing.
>>>
>>> This thread is not about adding a new driver.
>>
>> It was about adding a new drivers to drivers/video/ (taken from staging).
> 
> Does it mean gates are open to take any new fbdev drivers to the staging?
> If not, I do not see a point here.
> 

Good question. I don't know really.

But staging has always been more flexible in what's accepted there and
that's why some distros avoid to enable CONFIG_STAGING=y in the kernel.

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat