Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] drm: Add support for the ARM HDLCD display controller

[Liviu Dudau <Liviu.Dudau@arm.com>]

On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 04:56:07PM +0000, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 10:40:45AM +0000, Liviu Dudau wrote:
> > This series depends on Sudeep Holla's SCPI driver (now in mainline) and on
> > the tda998x patches that have been queued on Russell's patch system here [1].
> 
> Now merged into my tree.

Hi Russell,

Can I ask about the faith of the patches that I have queued here:

http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/search.php?uid=2895

I can't find them in any of your public git branches (or I failed at git 101).

Best regards,
Liviu

> 
> Can I ask a fairly obvious question...
> 
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/Kconfig                            |   2 +
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/Makefile                           |   1 +
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/arm/Kconfig                        |  29 ++
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/arm/Makefile                       |   2 +
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_crtc.c                   | 327 ++++++++++++
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.c                    | 555 +++++++++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_drv.h                    |  42 ++
> >  drivers/gpu/drm/arm/hdlcd_regs.h                   |  87 ++++
> 
> Why is the subdirectory called "arm" and not "hdlcd" ?
> 
> ARM Ltd have more than one display controller (they have the AMBA PL110
> and PL111 in addition to this), and (afaics) this doesn't drive these.
> HDLCD probably won't be the last display hardware which ARM Ltd comes
> out with either.
> 
> So, I think naming the subdirectory after the vendor is probably a
> mistake.
> 
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