Messages in this thread | | | From | Leonard Crestez <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] drm: mxsfb: Change driver.name to mxsfb-drm | Date | Fri, 15 Jun 2018 20:58:06 +0000 |
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On Fri, 2018-06-15 at 16:47 -0300, Fabio Estevam wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 4:43 PM, Leonard Crestez > <leonard.crestez@nxp.com> wrote: > > The FBDEV driver uses the same name and both can't be registered at the > > same time. Fix this by renaming the drm driver to mxsfb-drm > > > > Signed-off-by: Leonard Crestez <leonard.crestez@nxp.com> > > Stefan sent the same patch a few days ago: > http://www.spinics.net/lists/dri-devel/msg179489.html
In that thread there is a proposal for removing the old fbdev/mxsfb driver entirely.
That would break old DTBs, isn't this generally considered bad? Also, are we sure the removal of fbdev/mxsfb wouldn't lose any features?
What my series does is make both drivers work with the same kernel image and turns the choice into a board-level dtb decision. Supporting everything at once seems desirable to me and it allows for a very smooth upgrade path.
The old driver could be removed later, after all users are converted.
-- Regards, Leonard | |