Re: [PATCH 5/7] omapfb: omapfb_dss.h: add stubs to build with COMPILE_TEST && DRM_OMAP

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Hi Tomi,

On Wednesday, 25 April 2018 13:10:43 EEST Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> On 25/04/18 13:02, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 25 April 2018 12:33:53 EEST Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> >> On 25/04/18 12:03, Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> >>> Could we trim down omapfb to remove support for the devices supported by
> >>> omapdrm ?
> >> 
> >> I was thinking about just that. But, of course, it's not quite
> >> straightforward either.
> >> 
> >> We've got DSI manual update functionality in OMAP3-OMAP5 SoCs, which
> >> covers a lot of devices.
> > 
> > Sebastian is working on getting that feature in omapdrm, isn't he ?
> 
> Yes, and I keep pushing it forward because of the restructuring you're
> doing =) (feel free to comment on that thread). But agreed, it's getting
> better. When we have manual update support, I think the biggest missing
> feature is then in omapdrm.
> 
> >> And VRFB on OMAP2/3.
> > 
> > And that's something I'd really like to have in omapdrm too.
> 
> Considering how much headache TILER has given, I'm not exactly looking
> forward to it ;).
> 
> If we get manual update and VRFB, I think we are more or less covered on
> the supported HW features. It'll still break userspace apps which use
> omapfb, though. Unless we also port the omapfb specific IOCTLs and the
> sysfs files, which I believe we should not.

I agree with you, we shouldn't. We'll need a grace period before removing 
omapfb, if we ever do so.

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart



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