[RFC] Remaining drivers in RPI github tree/which drivers to submit

[Stefan Wahren]

> Michael Zoran <mzoran at crowfest.net> hat am 1. Februar 2017 um 05:27 geschrieben:
> 
> 
> Here is a list of the remaining drivers that I know about in the
> downstream RPI github tree. I was wondering which ones are planned to
> be submitted and which ones need to stay on github.
> 
> dwc_otg     - Host only USB driver(Probably not submittable)
> bcm2708_fb  - DMA accelerated simple video driver(Also not submittable)
> vc_cma      - Manages shared memory between GPU and ARM(Never worked
> well)
> vc_mem      - Allows for querying the GPU memory and memory mapping it
> vc_io       - User mode mailbox access
> vc_sm       - Support for the VC shared memory
> bcm2835-gpiomem - GPIO access from user mode
> bcm2835_smi_dev - Driver for secondary memory interface(Not sure what
> it does).
> 
> vc_mem and vc_sm are already mentioned in the TODO list for
> vchiq/vc04_services to be submitted.
> 
> What about the other drivers?

I think it's pretty pointless to push all downstream driver into staging as long as there are only a few active kernel developer taking care of them. IMHO we should concentrate on the unfinished ones (e.g. thermal, sdhost, dwc2, vchiq, camera) first.