Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] dt-bindings: display: Add GlandaGPU binding

Leander Kieweg <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.freedesktop.lists.dri-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree
Message-ID <CAMwcS0jUNcVwMkpxSjToyqgVEPqeScz4WLHLQAtKL-VMNXxgqg@mail.gmail.com>
> I am fine with small projects, till we do not have surge of them because
> anyone clones some project and vibe-codes new soft-core.
>
> Projects run on your personal github, without any organization, do not
> get their own vendor prefix. Why? Because then you come with another
> project and want one more prefix... Personal vendor prefix would be
> fine, but different thing: this repo for your design was created a few
> months ago, with one contributor and ~70 commits. This means it is very
> new, without users.

Makes sense. I'll go with a personal vendor prefix instead, e.g.
"kieweg,gpu-1.0". I'd reuse that for any future project instead of
asking for a new prefix.

> What is the benefit of having it in Linux kernel for the community? Who
> needs this, outside of you?

Honestly, no one, probably. I built this because I wanted to learn,
not because anyone was asking for it. I actually asked about this
exact concern during the RFC review, whether being a hobby/non
commercial project could be a dealbreaker for mainline. Thomas
Zimmermann's reply at the time was:

  We already have a driver for a RasPi-based USB display that
  someone made in their spare time. So being a hobbyist project is
  not a problem per se.

I don't want to pretend there's a bigger community need than there
actually is. If that's not enough for mainline, I understand.

Best regards,
Leander
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