Re: arm64: allwinner: Add support for TERES I laptop

From: Harald Geyer
Date: Fri Mar 16 2018 - 05:31:10 EST


Hi,

afzal mohammed writes:
> On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 04:10:45PM +0000, Harald Geyer wrote:
> > This series adds support for the TERES I open hardware laptop produced
> > by olimex. With these patches and a bootloader capable of setting up
> > simple framebuffer the laptop is quite useable.
>
> Thanks for the patches
>
> w/ defconfig could reach to prompt via serial console using audio
> jack.
>
> And just by enabling PWM_SUN4I & FB_SIMPLE, laptop could function
> standalone as well.
>
> Suggestions (feel free to ignore):
>
> 1. seems currently only review comment pending is on simple
> framebuffer, perhaps you can proceed removing just that so that a
> basic bootable system can be achieved at the earliest (iiuc, anyway
> drm would be the final solution for display)

I'm under the impression that I addressed the concerns regarding simplefb
satisfactorily. But yes: I hope to get this merged in time for 4.17.
If simplefb is a problem for that, I'd rather drop it then postpone
the entire series.

Thanks for testing,
Harald