From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.8]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 466643C699 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:42:53 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.8 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1707756175; cv=none; b=lKZNvhR073+oiX7F2PRsqtT8i4cgjHGXmiVdbcQeNaarp9rtaT9yWo4n3Y9pBsLtJKLOpoOIgDc3kLSUqVQYhHTCfEcLfqk7O+42StFkSZZ5e/7Teqcg3CsaBAUa8vzuypsjTv3Bm5oHqTUiiGHH7jn8FqgxPpuuYSv17+zFVr8= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1707756175; c=relaxed/simple; bh=skewU5rkJStvOlhKIZ1HeGr5vTl2dNfvJDizEvtwRnM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=aHSrn/QbpAJdZZZjGC2QF/t/liLE+t26enREL7+4+ZOtX5OVQl5tIn4JKhwLqKxJdJ6J/aUTYSRnUJYL6g1p6NNZt8Hxg0td8nuoyB8y1qbmCZvEc3YnPt5gIr78qY72YVJJW2492WxkyF97m26HDOxw2ZAjk9oUCDHayZCFz7k= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=GAs2AQsD; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.8 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="GAs2AQsD" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1707756173; x=1739292173; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:in-reply-to; bh=skewU5rkJStvOlhKIZ1HeGr5vTl2dNfvJDizEvtwRnM=; b=GAs2AQsDKBAJziv6MmHq+Q0ekTql4BaFnmzQ52SuInGmfFSB9CDj/kPR GBSyBbxyVzDvPjQ81h9ykobmNAoMxlnGrjA/UmTcv3t6zypC/NcRwAAeh 1UeAG8UMofdDtsR0Awwn32PQwdYncy84m9yUn5czElspwdoptLFgk2eAD lvMmGy/k+qd7+7zI8qNVAuyi/jJXCL2cl1FXvyIidk3B4MfWwMq1gZume ifWhMdkZ6qhAhFlM07u+8XmiYelgcFNCNxwiOwlXBXH+jhhvj7QT3EyL5 hV2bhz/JMGRF2/GmhMlIBRn7CyZsvSzNZcQQmddJFda69gB4VO2w/mZwT Q==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10982"; a="19246321" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.06,264,1705392000"; d="scan'208";a="19246321" Received: from fmsmga002.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.26]) by fmvoesa102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Feb 2024 08:42:52 -0800 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,10982"; a="911538408" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.06,264,1705392000"; d="scan'208";a="911538408" Received: from smile.fi.intel.com ([10.237.72.54]) by fmsmga002.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Feb 2024 08:42:50 -0800 Received: from andy by smile.fi.intel.com with local (Exim 4.97) (envelope-from ) id 1rZZOK-00000003x0V-16Xn; Mon, 12 Feb 2024 18:42:48 +0200 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 18:42:47 +0200 From: Andy Shevchenko To: Thomas Zimmermann Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Javier Martinez Canillas , Miguel Ojeda , Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] auxdisplay: Take over maintainership, but in Odd Fixes mode Message-ID: References: <20240212132515.2660837-2-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> <20240212132515.2660837-3-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> <9c7df0e5-31a9-4c86-b996-4cba82c4ea2f@suse.de> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9c7df0e5-31a9-4c86-b996-4cba82c4ea2f@suse.de> Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - Westendinkatu 7, 02160 Espoo On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 05:33:39PM +0100, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: > (cc'ing Javier Martinez Canillas) > > Hi > > Am 12.02.24 um 14:23 schrieb Andy Shevchenko: > > I have no time for this, but since it looks like I'm the main > > contributor for the last few years to the subsystem, I'll take > > it for now. Geert agreed to help me with as a designated reviwer. > > Let's see how it will go... > > A few days ago, I talked to Javier about how auxdisplay is a hotchpodge of > various drivers that seem to belong into other subsystems. Could we attempt > to move all drivers into other places and then remove the auxdisplay > subsystem? Can you be more precise on how it can be done? We have at least two clusters of the displays: line-display and HD44780-based ones. Moreover, the latter might use the former in the future (in some cases). -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko