I believe this driver is extremely useful, and I see possible issues with the fact that the driver is GPL Only. This driver is critical for devices that lack a proper DRM driver, and locking it into GPL Only could lead to issues with porting the system over to platforms like FreeBSD, DragonFlyBSD, etc. Is there any chance the code placed in the "drivers/gpu/drm/simpledrm" folder be placed under a more permissive license setup. I would suggest using MIT[1], BSD 2-Clause[2], or BSD 3-clause[3]. Also as a quick note it is possible to enable this under a dual-license setup with GPLv2/BSD-3 Clause. An example a dual licensed driver is the Intel iwlwifi driver ( see: drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-8000.c )
[1]https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html
[2]https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
[3]https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
[1]https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html
[2]https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
[3]https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
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