Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko

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Tomi Valkeinen <hidden>
Date
2015-12-30 08:07:20
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Sebastian Frias, 2015-12-29
Hi,

On 29/12/15 18:51, Sebastian Frias wrote:
On 12/29/2015 03:16 PM, Frans Klaver wrote:
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On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Sebastian Frias [off-list ref]
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Right now we don't know if the driver will be upstreamed.
Let me rephrase my question:

- how would you recommend enabling FB_CFB_FILLRECT, FB_CFB_COPYAREA and
FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT for a driver that is not included in the kernel's tree?

If that is not possible, I guess we will have to keep a forked tree
until
the driver is upstreamed, but we would like to avoid that, hence the
question.
I guess you'll have to keep on doing that indeed. I'm not aware of any
location where out-of-tree drivers are considered. You should try
again when you have some actual code to upstream.
Ok, thanks.
Also note that I don't want new fbdev drivers into the mainline kernel.
You should implement a DRM based driver instead.

 Tomi

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