From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
DRI Development <dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org>,
Neil Armstrong <narmstrong@baylibre.com>,
Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@kernel.org>, Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch>,
David Airlie <airlied@linux.ie>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
Rob Herring <robh+dt@kernel.org>,
"open list:OPEN FIRMWARE AND FLATTENED DEVICE TREE BINDINGS"
<devicetree@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: display: ssd1307fb: Deprecate "-i2c" compatible strings
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:13:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMuHMdU+ieUSv1sjOX-fks3o+J3Eicg-prCK2+roTq-MFKTHBg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220411211243.11121-2-javierm@redhat.com>
On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 11:12 PM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@redhat.com> wrote:
> The current compatible strings for SSD130x I2C controllers contain both an
> "fb" and "-i2c" suffixes. It seems to indicate that are for a fbdev driver
> and also that are for devices that can be accessed over an I2C bus.
>
> But a DT is supposed to describe the hardware and not Linux implementation
> details. So let's deprecate those compatible strings and add new ones that
> only contain the vendor and device name, without any of these suffixes.
>
> These will just describe the device and can be matched by both I2C and SPI
> DRM drivers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@redhat.com>
> Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
--
Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org
In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But
when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that.
-- Linus Torvalds
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-04-12 8:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-04-11 21:12 [PATCH v2 0/5] drm/solomon: Add SSD130x OLED displays SPI support Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-04-11 21:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] dt-bindings: display: ssd1307fb: Deprecate "-i2c" compatible strings Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-04-12 7:13 ` Geert Uytterhoeven [this message]
2022-04-12 11:28 ` Maxime Ripard
2022-04-12 12:48 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-04-12 12:07 ` Chen-Yu Tsai
2022-04-12 12:49 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-04-11 21:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] dt-bindings: display: ssd1307fb: Extend schema for SPI controllers Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-04-12 7:16 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-04-12 8:01 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-04-12 8:07 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2022-04-12 8:12 ` Javier Martinez Canillas
2022-04-12 18:16 ` Rob Herring
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