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From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@kernel.org>
To: Siratul Islam <email@sirat.me>,
	andy@kernel.org, geert@linux-m68k.org, robh@kernel.org,
	krzk+dt@kernel.org, conor+dt@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] dt-bindings: auxdisplay: Add titanmec,tm1637
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:24:45 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3c25d80a-460d-481d-82ae-7d8046750a22@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260113040242.19156-3-email@sirat.me>

On 13/01/2026 05:02, Siratul Islam wrote:
> +title: TM1637 7-segment LED display controller
> +
> +maintainers:
> +  - Siratul Islam <email@sirat.me>
> +
> +description:
> +  The TM1637 is a 7-segment LED display controller with a two-wire serial
> +  interface. It can drive up to 4 digits and includes brightness control.
> +
> +properties:
> +  compatible:
> +    const: titanmec,tm1637
> +
> +  clk-gpios:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +    description: GPIO for clock line
> +
> +  dio-gpios:
> +    maxItems: 1
> +    description: GPIO for data input/output line

So you are bitbanging in the kernel? This looks too tightly coupled to
the implementation. If this is some sort of standard interface, I would
expect following standard bus-child relationship, like i2c, spi, serial
or even 1-wire.

> +
Best regards,
Krzysztof

  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-13 16:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-13  4:02 [PATCH 0/4] auxdisplay: Add support for TM1637 7-segment display driver Siratul Islam
2026-01-13  4:02 ` [PATCH 1/4] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add titanmec Siratul Islam
2026-01-13 16:22   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski
2026-01-13  4:02 ` [PATCH 2/4] dt-bindings: auxdisplay: Add titanmec,tm1637 Siratul Islam
2026-01-13 16:24   ` Krzysztof Kozlowski [this message]
2026-01-13  4:02 ` [PATCH 3/4] auxdisplay: tm1637: Add driver for TM1637 Siratul Islam
2026-01-13  7:52   ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-13  9:42     ` Sirat
2026-01-13  9:47       ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-13 14:57   ` kernel test robot
2026-01-13  4:02 ` [PATCH 4/4] MAINTAINERS: Add entry " Siratul Islam
2026-01-13  6:54 ` [PATCH 0/4] auxdisplay: Add support for TM1637 7-segment display driver Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-13  6:56 ` Andy Shevchenko
     [not found]   ` <CANn+LWLECPY-F_fsDg1VxbjJdN-pLnkRpQn4OEFSa6yiARoU9A@mail.gmail.com>
2026-01-13  9:41     ` Andy Shevchenko
2026-01-13  9:46     ` Andy Shevchenko

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