Re: [GIT PULL]: OMAP2/3 Display Subsystem

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:29:48 +0300
Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Linus,
> 
> Here's the new display subsystem and framebuffer driver for OMAP2/3.
> 
> The driver has been reviewed on linux-omap and linux-fbdev-devel, and is in
> use, for example, on N900, Beagle Board and Overo boards. We have an ACK for
> the OMAP parts from Tony Lindgren, who maintains the OMAP platform.
> 
> We have gotten positive feedback about the driver, for example in this thread:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125171081901820&w=2
> 
> The driver is actively maintained and developed further, and I have already a
> bunch of patches on top of these patches, but I would like to get the big core
> driver merged first. After the driver is merged, other people can send patches
> to LCD drivers and board files to enable the new display subsystem on their
> boards.
> 
> Andrew said 2-3 weeks ago that he'll merge the driver (after he has looked
> through it), but he hasn't responded since then. I'm guessing he's quite busy.

That's because it came very late and conflicts considerably with
changes which are already pending.

> Please pull the new OMAP2/3 display subsystem driver from:
> 
>   git://gitorious.org/linux-omap-dss2/linux.git for-linus
> 

Confused.  These conflicts heavily with the changes which I've already
queued, does it not?  Ones which were queued way earlier than this
material.

If so, why on earth did you send a pull request, knowing that it would
trash my tree?

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