Re: [PATCH 06/26] OMAPDSS: if dssdev->name==NULL, use alias

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Hi Tomi,

On Thursday 12 December 2013 00:13:01 Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 December 2013 14:28:33 Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> > To avoid the need for a "nickname" property for each display, change
> > the display registration so that the display's alias (i.e. "display0"
> > etc) will be used for the dssdev->name if the display driver didn't
> > provide a name.
> > 
> > This means that when booting with board files, we will have more
> > descriptive names for displays, like "lcd1", "hdmi".
> 
> Where are those names used ? Are they reported to userspace, or limited to
> kernel internal use only ?
> 
> > With DT we'll only have "display0", etc. But as there are no "nicknames"
> > for things like serials ports either, I hope we will do fine with this
>
> Just a random thought, maybe the aliases node could help here.

I should have read the next patches before replying, sorry :-)

> I'm not sure what rules govern its usage. Adding labels to display DT nodes
> could be an option too.

A label property is still an option.

> > Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxx>
> > ---
> > 
> >  drivers/video/omap2/dss/display.c | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/display.c
> > b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/display.c index 669a81fdf58e..a946cf7ed00f
> > 100644
> > --- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/display.c
> > +++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/display.c
> > @@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ int omapdss_register_display(struct omap_dss_device
> > *dssdev)
> >  	snprintf(dssdev->alias, sizeof(dssdev->alias),
> >  			"display%d", disp_num_counter++);
> > 
> > +	if (dssdev->name == NULL)
> > +		dssdev->name = dssdev->alias;
> > +
> >  	if (drv && drv->get_resolution == NULL)
> >  		drv->get_resolution = omapdss_default_get_resolution;
> >  	if (drv && drv->get_recommended_bpp == NULL)
-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart

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