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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 0/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver for maintenance
    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@tronnes.org/
    >
    > 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@tronnes.org/

    Thanks for sharing!

    --
    With Best Regards,
    Andy Shevchenko


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