On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 10:49:39 +0100 Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 11:19:13AM +0200, Jean-Francois Moine wrote: > > The Cubox is an open platform, and I use it just like a desktop PC. > > When its required drivers will be in the mainline, I will do the same > > as I do with PCs: I will not recompile a specific kernel each time > > there are kernel bugs or security issues. Instead, I will just upgrade > > my system from my distributor (Debian), and, in the packages, there > > will be a generic mvebu kernel as there is already one for Marvell > > Armada 370/xp, Freescale iMX5x/iMX6 (linux-image-3.10-3-armmp). > > But, for that, all the Cubox specific stuff must be described in a DT. > > Which scenario is better: > > 1. To have something in mainline which is capable of driving the hardware, > but may need some additional work to make it useful for DT based setups. > > or > > 2. To have nothing. > > Now, you may prefer to have nothing, but personally, I prefer there to be > forward progress. Forward progress means getting some kind of DRM driver > into mainline. Yes, it may not work with DT setups yet, but - as per > the discussions that have happened _endlessly_ on this topic, it's > something that can be resolved at a later date. > > We _still_ haven't worked out how to properly deal with the TDA998x > driver (or indeed any DRM based outputs) in a DT based setup, and all > the time that problem exists, it won't be possible to write a proper > stable DT binding for this. > > So please, get off your hobby horse about this and allow us to make some > modicum of progress. You forgot: 3. To have all patches ready for submission and have a working DT driven Cubox kernel. I will submit a patch to add DT to the tda998x driver as soon as I have checked the new audio properties we talked about yesterday. Normally, this should have no impact on your Armada drm driver, and, yes, I will add DT to your driver as soon as it will be accepted (sorry to not ack it now: I had no time yet to have a look at it). -- Ken ar c'hentañ | ** Breizh ha Linux atav! ** Jef | http://moinejf.free.fr/ _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
