Re: [PATCH 1/2] video: fbdev: imxfb: support AUS mode

From: Martin Kaiser
Date: Mon Feb 27 2017 - 18:08:14 EST


Hello Uwe,

Thus wrote Uwe Kleine-König (u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx):

> given fbdev is orphaned
> (http://git.kernel.org/linus/238600783d7470bec19350b0ee79e01825d3c84f)

fbdev is no longer orphaned, Bartlomiej is the new maintainer.

> I think it would be nice to move the imxfb driver over to drm.
> I don't know much about drm, so I cannot say if that is easy or not, but
> long term I think this is more robust than fbdev.

I am aware that fbdev is in maintenance mode. However, I hope that small
modifications like the one I submitted are still possible.

In the long run, I agree that we should move imxfb to drm.

Best regards,
Martin