Re: [PATCH v2 07/15] auxdisplay: linedisp: Group line display drivers together

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>]

Hi Andy,

On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 6:04 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> For better usability group the line display drivers together in Kconfig
> and Makefile.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
> @@ -25,12 +25,6 @@ config CHARLCD
>           This is some character LCD core interface that multiple drivers can
>           use.
>
> -config LINEDISP
> -       tristate "Character line display core support" if COMPILE_TEST
> -       help
> -         This is the core support for single-line character displays, to be
> -         selected by drivers that use it.
> -
>  config HD44780_COMMON
>         tristate "Common functions for HD44780 (and compatibles) LCD displays" if COMPILE_TEST
>         select CHARLCD
> @@ -52,6 +46,16 @@ config HD44780
>           kernel and started at boot.
>           If you don't understand what all this is about, say N.
>
> +config LCD2S
> +       tristate "lcd2s 20x4 character display over I2C console"
> +       depends on I2C
> +       select CHARLCD
> +       help
> +         This is a driver that lets you use the lcd2s 20x4 character display
> +         from Modtronix engineering as a console output device. The display
> +         is a simple single color character display. You have to connect it
> +         to an I2C bus.
> +

I think it would be good to have "# <display type> section" comments,
to make the grouping clear.
Else I wonder why "L" is sorted before "K" ;-)

>  config KS0108
>         tristate "KS0108 LCD Controller"
>         depends on PARPORT_PC
> @@ -153,6 +157,12 @@ config CFAG12864B_RATE
>           If you compile this as a module, you can still override this
>           value using the module parameters.
>
> +config LINEDISP
> +       tristate "Character line display core support" if COMPILE_TEST
> +       help
> +         This is the core support for single-line character displays, to be
> +         selected by drivers that use it.
> +
>  config IMG_ASCII_LCD
>         tristate "Imagination Technologies ASCII LCD Display"
>         depends on HAS_IOMEM
> @@ -177,16 +187,6 @@ config HT16K33
>           Say yes here to add support for Holtek HT16K33, RAM mapping 16*8
>           LED controller driver with keyscan.
>
> -config LCD2S
> -       tristate "lcd2s 20x4 character display over I2C console"
> -       depends on I2C
> -       select CHARLCD
> -       help
> -         This is a driver that lets you use the lcd2s 20x4 character display
> -         from Modtronix engineering as a console output device. The display
> -         is a simple single color character display. You have to connect it
> -         to an I2C bus.
> -
>  config ARM_CHARLCD
>         bool "ARM Ltd. Character LCD Driver"
>         depends on PLAT_VERSATILE

Shouldn't this (and PARPORT_PANEL and friends) be moved up, to the
character LCD section?

> diff --git a/drivers/auxdisplay/Makefile b/drivers/auxdisplay/Makefile
> index 6968ed4d3f0a..43bad850481c 100644
> --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/Makefile
> @@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
>
>  obj-$(CONFIG_CHARLCD)          += charlcd.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_HD44780_COMMON)   += hd44780_common.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_CHARLCD)      += arm-charlcd.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_HD44780)          += hd44780.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_LCD2S)            += lcd2s.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_KS0108)           += ks0108.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_CFAG12864B)       += cfag12864b.o cfag12864bfb.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_IMG_ASCII_LCD)    += img-ascii-lcd.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_HD44780)          += hd44780.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_HT16K33)          += ht16k33.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_PARPORT_PANEL)    += panel.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_LCD2S)            += lcd2s.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_LINEDISP)         += line-display.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_IMG_ASCII_LCD)    += img-ascii-lcd.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_HT16K33)          += ht16k33.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_CHARLCD)      += arm-charlcd.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_PARPORT_PANEL)    += panel.o

IMHO it hurts to not sort Makefile entries alphabetically.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert


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