On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 02:11:19PM +0200, Holger Schurig wrote: > Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Applied, thanks. > > I once read that this is the recommended way to go, instead of > specifying the timings in the device tree. Why is this so? Any new > display just increases the .text size of the kernel unnessary. It's actually only the .rodata section that's increased every time we add a new display panel. > Did this idea stem from the era where bootloaders like Barebox couldn't > modify the DT ad-hoc before handing it over to the kernel? No, not really. But since this has come up every now and again I finally wrote down my recollection and thoughts on the matter, hopefully that will be satisfactory as an answer: http://sietch-tagr.blogspot.com/2016/04/display-panels-are-not-special.html Thierry
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