Re: [PATCH 1/5] auxdisplay: charlcd: no need to call charlcd_gotoxy() if nothing changes

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On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 2:42 PM, Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 10:58 AM, Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> If the line extends beyond the width to the screen, nothing changes. The
>> existing code will call charlcd_gotoxy every time for this case.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c | 7 ++++---
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c b/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
>> index 642afd88870b..45ec5ce697c4 100644
>> --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
>> +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/charlcd.c
>> @@ -192,10 +192,11 @@ static void charlcd_print(struct charlcd *lcd, char c)
>>                         c = lcd->char_conv[(unsigned char)c];
>>                 lcd->ops->write_data(lcd, c);
>>                 priv->addr.x++;
>> +
>> +               /* prevents the cursor from wrapping onto the next line */
>> +               if (priv->addr.x == lcd->bwidth)
>> +                       charlcd_gotoxy(lcd);
>>         }
>> -       /* prevents the cursor from wrapping onto the next line */
>> -       if (priv->addr.x == lcd->bwidth)
>> -               charlcd_gotoxy(lcd);
>>  }
>>
>
> Willy, Geert: is this fine with you? Seems fine: charlcd_write_char()
> right now does an unconditional write_cmd() when writing a normal
> character; so unless some HW requires the command for some reason even
> if there is nothing changed, we can skip it.

Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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