On Mon, Jan 02, 2012 at 11:24:31AM +0530, Thomas Abraham wrote: > The platform-lcd driver depends on platform-specific callbacks to setup the > lcd panel. These callbacks are supplied using driver's platform data. But > for adding device tree support for platform-lcd driver, providing such > callbacks is not possible (without using auxdata). > > Since the callbacks are usually lcd panel specific, it is possible to include > the lcd panel specific setup and control functionality in the platform-lcd > driver itself, thereby eliminating the need for supplying platform specific > callbacks to the driver. The platform-lcd driver can include support for > multiple lcd panels. > > This patchset removes the need for platform data for platform-lcd driver and > adds support which can be used to implement lcd panel specific functionality > in the driver. As an example, the support for Hydis hv070wsa lcd panel is added > to the platform-lcd driver which is then used on the Exynos4 based Origen board. > This currently breaks build for other users of platform-lcd driver. Those can be > fixed if this approach is acceptable. Approach looks okay to me. I've not looked too deeply though. g. > > Thomas Abraham (4): > lcd: platform-lcd: Eliminate need for platform data > lcd: platform-lcd: Add support for Hydis hv070wsa lcd panel > ARM: Exynos: Remove platform data of platform-lcd driver > lcd: platform-lcd: Add device tree support > > arch/arm/mach-exynos/mach-origen.c | 25 +----- > drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig | 6 ++ > drivers/video/backlight/platform_lcd.c | 128 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- > include/video/platform_lcd.h | 11 +-- > 4 files changed, 129 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-samsung-soc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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