Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko

From	Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko
Date	2015-12-29 18:00 +0100
Message-ID	<qL5MS-35d-23@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References	<qL2lY-10g-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <qL2P0-1d9-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <qL38l-1As-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <qL3i2-1DR-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization	linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw

On 12/29/2015 03:16 PM, Frans Klaver wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net> wrote:
>> Right now we don't know if the driver will be upstreamed.
>> Let me rephrase my question:
>>
>> - how would you recommend enabling FB_CFB_FILLRECT, FB_CFB_COPYAREA and
>> FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT for a driver that is not included in the kernel's tree?
>>
>> If that is not possible, I guess we will have to keep a forked tree until
>> the driver is upstreamed, but we would like to avoid that, hence the
>> question.
>
> I guess you'll have to keep on doing that indeed. I'm not aware of any
> location where out-of-tree drivers are considered. You should try
> again when you have some actual code to upstream.
>

Ok, thanks.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Thread

[RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net> - 2015-12-29 14:20 +0100
  Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com> - 2015-12-29 14:50 +0100
    Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net> - 2015-12-29 15:10 +0100
      Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko Frans Klaver <fransklaver@gmail.com> - 2015-12-29 15:20 +0100
        Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net> - 2015-12-29 18:00 +0100
          Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com> - 2015-12-30 09:10 +0100
            Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko Sebastian Frias <sf84@laposte.net> - 2015-12-30 10:40 +0100
              Re: [RFC PATCH] fbdev: add support for Sigma Designs' smp8xxxfb.ko Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com> - 2015-12-30 11:40 +0100

csiph-web