On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 02:15:29PM +0100, Noralf Trønnes wrote: > > > > Since we got a maintainer for fbdev, I would like to > > unorphan fbtft (with the idea of sending PRs to Helge) > > and move it out of staging since there is no more clean > > up work expected and no more drivers either. > > > > Thoughts? > > Here's a driver I have been working on: > > drm/panel: Add MIPI DBI compatible SPI driver > https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20220125175700.37408-1-noralf@xxxxxxxxxxx/ > > It should replace the SPI part of these fbtft drivers if accepted: This is good news, but... > $ grep -lr MIPI_DCS drivers/staging/fbtft/ | grep -v "-" | uniq | sort Hint: git grep -lw MIPI_DCS -- drivers/staging/fbtft > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8340bn.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8353d.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9163.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9340.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9341.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9481.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9486.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_s6d02a1.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_st7735r.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_st7789v.c > drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_tinylcd.c > > There's no support for the parallel interface on these controllers in > drm. Support could be added to drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dbi.c. ...as I said and you confirmed that parallel interface support is missing. > Here's a status report I wrote 2 years ago: > > fbtft: 5 years in staging > https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/a6cef26c-0f4b-47f0-d249-71f53891526b@xxxxxxxxxxx/ Thanks for sharing! -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
