Hi Daniel,
On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 10:35 AM Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 05:22:58PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Since its incarnation in v3.7 almost 7 years ago, no users of the SH
> > Mobile DRM driver have appeared.
> >
> > Hence remove the driver. It can be resurrected from git history,
> > if/when needed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'd prefer removing the fbdev variant tbh ...
I understand ;-)
But sh_mobile_lcdc_fb is used on 5 legacy SuperH platforms, and 1 ARM
platform. At least the latter is working fine.
> Not sure why exactly the switch never happened.
Me neither. I^HGoogle can't even find posted patches of board integration.
Note that both drivers lack DT support, which would be very desirable on
ARM, as graphics is the single remaining working driver on the Atmark
Techno Armadillo 800 EVA board not using DT.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
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