On 14:28 Thu 30 May , Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> On 30/05/13 14:09, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > On 12:34 Thu 30 May , Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> >> When using DT, dss device does not have platform data. However,
> >> dss_get_ctx_loss_count() uses dss device's platform data to find the
> >> get_ctx_loss_count function pointer.
> >>
> >> To fix this, dss_get_ctx_loss_count() needs to be changed to get the
> >> platform data from the omapdss device, which is a "virtual" device and
> >> always has platform data.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@xxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.c | 3 ++-
> >> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.c b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.c
> >> index 94f66f9..bd01608 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/video/omap2/dss/dss.c
> >> @@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ static void dss_restore_context(void)
> >>
> >> int dss_get_ctx_loss_count(void)
> >> {
> >> - struct omap_dss_board_info *board_data = dss.pdev->dev.platform_data;
> >> + struct platform_device *core_pdev = dss_get_core_pdev();
> >> + struct omap_dss_board_info *board_data = core_pdev->dev.platform_data;
> >
> > how about store the pdata in the drivers internal struct and if !dt
> > you ust do this
> >
> > dss_dev->pdata = *pdev->dev.platform_data;
> >
> > to copy it and we do not alloc it for dt
>
> It's not quite that simple. We need some OMAP arch functions (like
> get_ctx_loss_count here) that are not currently exposed via any other
> method to drivers except passing a function pointer with platform data.
> We need that also when booting with DT.
>
> We have a bunch of devices for the display subsystem hardware blocks,
> like the "dss" here. When booting with DT, these blocks are represented
> in the DT data, and do not have platform data.
>
> We also have a "virtual" device, "omapdss", which doesn't match any hw
> block. It's created in the arch setup stage. It's really a legacy thing,
> but with DT it can be used conveniently to pass the platform data.
>
> The problem this patch fixes is that we used to pass the arch functions
> for each of those HW block drivers. But with DT, we need to get the arch
> functions from the "omapdss" device, gotten with dss_get_core_pdev().
ok
do not take it bad is it worth the effort those 54 patches?
is not better to work on DRM?
just an open question
Best Regards,
J.
>
> Tomi
>
>
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