Re: [PATCH 0/2] Documentation/EDID fixes

From	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 0/2] Documentation/EDID fixes
Date	2017-03-08 09:20 +0100
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On Tue, 07 Mar 2017, Javi Merino <javi.merino@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 06:16:51PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Mon, 06 Mar 2017, Javi Merino <javi.merino@kernel.org> wrote:
>> > I found these two minor issues while building an EDID.  I'm not sure
>> > whether the second patch (Add O= to support) is upstream material, but
>> > I'm sending it just in case.
>> 
>> I'm not opposed to fixing existing issues like this, but really I think
>> there should be an userspace tool for this. Definitely outside of the
>> Documentation directory, perhaps even outside the kernel tree
>> altogether.
>
> I am not sure whether this should be in the kernel or not, but I
> agree that Documentation/ doesn't look like the right place to build
> these files.

Just so there's no confusion: I'm just saying what I think should be
done in the long run. I'm not opposed to the fixes at hand, but someone
else needs to review them.

BR,
Jani.

-- 
Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center

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[PATCH 0/2] Documentation/EDID fixes Javi Merino <javi.merino@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 15:40 +0100
  [PATCH 2/2] drm: Add O= support Javi Merino <javi.merino@kernel.org> - 2017-03-06 15:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/2] Documentation/EDID fixes Javi Merino <javi.merino@kernel.org> - 2017-03-07 17:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 0/2] Documentation/EDID fixes Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-08 09:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/2] Documentation/EDID fixes Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com> - 2017-03-07 21:10 +0100

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