Jason/Drew, I've just added tinydrm to our builds: (currently building)
https://github.com/notro/tinydrm https://github.com/RobertCNelson/linux-dev/commit/01944b78b9559526502db9e5e9c94a947fd56853 If this builds, i'll add it all the v4.9.0-rc7 builds this weekend.. Regards, On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 2:17 PM, Robert Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > Jason/Drew, > > We should be in a good shape for v4.9.x-ti/v4.9.x-lts, as this will be > targeting v4.10.x, but i'll be reverting it for our beagleboard.org > users till tinydrm is ready to replace it.. > > Regards, > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Jason Kridner <[email protected]> wrote: >> Not sure why I can't find the original in my archives... >> >> Tomi, We make a lot of use of this driver in BeagleBone land. I'd Nak this >> if I had an easy way to reply on the list. Can we wait for the Noralf to >> drive the removal and replacement? >> >> On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 2:41 PM Drew Fustini <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Unfortunately, the framebuffer maintainer Tomi Valkeinen wants to >>> remove fbtft from drivers staging directory in the Linux kernel >>> source. The creator of fbtft, Noralf, is working on a potential >>> successor named TinyDRM. >>> >>> If tinydrm is not ready by the time fbtft is removed, then we'll have >>> to go back to adding these fbtft drivers as patch to the BeagleBone >>> kernel. >>> >>> thanks, >>> drew >>> >>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> From: Tomi Valkeinen <[email protected]> >>> Date: Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 2:03 AM >>> Subject: [RFC PATCH 3/3] staging: remove fbtft >>> To: [email protected], [email protected], Greg >>> Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>, Thomas Petazzoni >>> <[email protected]>, Noralf Trønnes >>> <[email protected]>, Sudip Mukherjee <[email protected]>, >>> Teddy Wang <[email protected]>, Arnaud Patard >>> <[email protected]> >>> Cc: Tomi Valkeinen <[email protected]>, [email protected] >>> >>> >>> Since the fbdev framework is in maintenance mode and all new display >>> drivers should be made with the DRM framework, remove fbtft from >>> staging. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <[email protected]> >>> --- >>> MAINTAINERS | 6 - >>> drivers/staging/Kconfig | 2 - >>> drivers/staging/Makefile | 1 - >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/Kconfig | 210 ----- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/Makefile | 40 - >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/README | 32 - >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_agm1264k-fl.c | 456 --------- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_bd663474.c | 184 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8340bn.c | 234 ----- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8347d.c | 169 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8353d.c | 157 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.c | 210 ----- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_hx8357d.h | 70 -- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9163.c | 273 ------ >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9320.c | 278 ------ >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9325.c | 277 ------ >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9340.c | 149 --- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9341.c | 166 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9481.c | 112 --- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ili9486.c | 112 --- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_pcd8544.c | 176 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ra8875.c | 318 ------- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_s6d02a1.c | 166 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_s6d1121.c | 194 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1289.c | 191 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1305.c | 216 ----- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1306.c | 217 ----- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1325.c | 205 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1331.c | 196 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_ssd1351.c | 238 ----- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_st7735r.c | 190 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_st7789v.c | 265 ------ >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_tinylcd.c | 112 --- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_tls8204.c | 169 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_uc1611.c | 340 ------- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_uc1701.c | 179 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_upd161704.c | 197 ---- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fb_watterott.c | 302 ------ >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-bus.c | 252 ----- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c | 1467 >>> ----------------------------- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-io.c | 238 ----- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-sysfs.c | 219 ----- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft.h | 421 --------- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft_device.c | 1597 >>> -------------------------------- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/flexfb.c | 619 ------------- >>> drivers/staging/fbtft/internal.h | 25 - >>> 46 files changed, 11847 deletions(-) >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CA%2BT6QPky%2BXtMQGBTNWdRtQLqCDOBmRUHgM7iVLkDdL4MCABvfg%40mail.gmail.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > Robert Nelson > https://rcn-ee.com/ -- Robert Nelson https://rcn-ee.com/ -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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