From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] fbdev: Clean up of sparc FB options Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:36:21 +0800 Message-ID: <1179362181.28568.4.camel@daplas> References: <1179360118.4743.32.camel@daplas> <20070516.170550.85686786.davem@davemloft.net> <1179360635.28568.0.camel@daplas> <20070516.171526.08322463.davem@davemloft.net> Reply-To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HoTyt-0006Yr-RL for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:36:35 -0700 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.227]) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1HoTyr-0002XO-3o for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:36:35 -0700 Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i30so710067wxd for ; Wed, 16 May 2007 17:36:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20070516.171526.08322463.davem@davemloft.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: David Miller Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 17:15 -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: "Antonino A. Daplas" > Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:10:34 +0800 > > > On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 17:05 -0700, David Miller wrote: > > > From: "Antonino A. Daplas" > > > Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 08:01:58 +0800 > > As long as each instance is defined by distinct struct fb_info's, it > > should work. > > Excellent. > > The only missing piece for sparc is how do I get from an fb_info to > the firmware node for that device. What we can do is add a "struct > device_node *" or similar to fb_info. powerpc and all future > openfirmware platforms will be able to make use of this as well. struct fb_info already has struct device *device field. Isn't that sufficient enough? Or if you must, just define a flag somewhere in struct fb_info or struct par which the fb_get_primary_device() can check. Tony ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/