> Here is a proposal to include in the staging tree the drivers from the
> fbtft project at https://github.com/notro/fbtft. This project contains
> a number of drivers small TFT LCD display modules, which are not
> otherwise supported by the Linux kernel. This set of drivers appears
> to be quite widely used in the RasberryPi community, and it's a shame
> that they are not submitted to the upstream Linux kernel.
>
> This is for now just a raw import, with only minimal changes compared
> to the upstream version: I have not tried to fix any coding style
> issue, or make any other improvement. I have only verified that the
> entire set of drivers was building fine, which I believe is the main
> rule when it comes to get code added to the staging tree.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Thomas Petazzoni
Hi,
I'm the maintainer of the fbtft project.
Even though I didn't know about this submission beforehand, I'm all for
having this in staging.
I didn't know about the staging tree, that drivers not meeting the strict
Linux coding practices still could be included.
Signed-off-by: Noralf Tronnes <notro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Previously this project was almost only used by the Raspberry Pi community,
and some use on Beagle Bone Black, but in the last 6 months it has seen
use on
many more platforms (which I have lost count of). Not just ARM, but also
Intel Edison and Galileo.
In the same timeperiod there has been an explosion in display shields/capes
for the Raspberry Pi using these drivers.
I have also started to see fbtft being pulled into board specific kernel
trees.
Two months ago I started rewriting this project from scratch to make it a
better fit for inclusion. Fbtft was the first kernel programming I did,
so I
have picked up a better understanding of the kernel since then.
I have also a much better understanding of the differences and similarities
between these LCD controllers, yielding better and cleaner abstractions.
It will take some time to get it ready for review, and even more time to get
the same controller/display coverage. I'm hoping to have something ready
for review during this year, but since it's a for fun freetime project,
it's hard
to predict when it's ready.
Status: https://github.com/notro/fbdbi/wiki
Regards,
Noralf Trønnes
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