# Re: \[RFC PATCH 0/3\] staging: remove fbdev drivers

- From: Tomi Valkeinen \<hidden\>
- Date: 2016-11-23 08:21:59 
- List: linux-fbdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2016/11/4881197
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-fbdev/2016/11/4881186/t.md

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On 23/11/16 10:19, Daniel Vetter wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 10:03:10AM +0200, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Since the fbdev framework is in maintenance mode and all new display drivers
>> should be made with the DRM framework, remove the fbdev drivers from staging.
>>
>> Note: the patches are created with git format-patch -D, so they can't be
>> applied. Only for review.
> 
> +1 from my side. Now that we have the simple pipe helpers in drm-kms, and
> a few drivers starting to use them, there's really no reasons left anymore
> to have fbdev drivers.

Well, I think there's the MMU problem. If I recall right, someone said
DRM doesn't compile/work without MMU.

 Tomi

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