On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 04:09:11AM +0530, Ajay Kumar wrote: > Most of the panels need an init sequence as mentioned below: > -- poweron LCD unit/LCD_EN > -- start video data > -- poweron LED unit/BL_EN > And, a de-init sequence as mentioned below: > -- poweroff LED unit/BL_EN > -- stop video data > -- poweroff LCD unit/LCD_EN > With existing callbacks for drm panel, we cannot accomodate such panels, > since only two callbacks, i.e "panel_enable" and panel_disable are supported. > > This patch adds: > -- "pre_enable" callback which can be called before > the actual video data is on, and then call the "enable" > callback after the video data is available. > > -- "post_disable" callback which can be called after > the video data is off, and use "disable" callback > to do something before switching off the video data. > > Now, we can easily map the above scenario as shown below: > poweron LCD unit/LCD_EN = "pre_enable" callback > poweron LED unit/BL_EN = "enable" callback > poweroff LED unit/BL_EN = "disable" callback > poweroff LCD unit/LCD_EN = "post_disable" callback I don't like this. What happens when the next panel comes around that has a yet slightly different requirement? Will we introduce a new pre_pre_enable() and post_post_disable() function then? There's got to be a better way to solve this. Thierry
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