From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH] fbdev sysfs imrovements Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:14:26 -0700 Message-ID: <20070321001426.GA29665@kroah.com> References: 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-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.92] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HToVP-0006X4-8U for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:16:43 -0700 Received: from ns2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15] helo=mx2.suse.de) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1HToVN-0000Ri-R7 for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:16:43 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: 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: James Simmons Cc: Dave Airlie , Geert Uytterhoeven , Linux Fbdev development list , Linux Kernel Mailing List , "Antonino A. Daplas" On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 02:25:49PM +0000, James Simmons wrote: > > This patch does several things to allow the underlying hardware to be > shared amount many devices. The most important thing is the use of > the created device via device_create instead of the hardware device. No > longer should fbdev drivers use the xxx_set_drvdata with the parent > bus device. The second change is having a bus independent power management > for the framebuffer driver. The final change is using the release method > to cleanup the device. The reason again is to make the fbdev driver > independent of the bus parent device. Feedback is welcomed. Looks good to me. thanks, greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV