From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Maxime Ripard Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:34:19 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] video: ssd1307fb: Add support for SSD1306 OLED controller Message-Id: <5155ECBB.9000008@free-electrons.com> List-Id: References: <1362588251-1824-1-git-send-email-maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> <1362588251-1824-2-git-send-email-maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> <20130329183842.GH20693@game.jcrosoft.org> In-Reply-To: <20130329183842.GH20693@game.jcrosoft.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Hi Jean Christophe, Le 29/03/2013 19:38, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD a =E9crit : > On 17:44 Wed 06 Mar , Maxime Ripard wrote: [snip] >> static int ssd1307fb_probe(struct i2c_client *client, >> const struct i2c_device_id *id) >> { >> struct fb_info *info; >> - u32 vmem_size =3D SSD1307FB_WIDTH * SSD1307FB_HEIGHT / 8; >> + struct device_node *node =3D client->dev.of_node; >> + u32 vmem_size; >> struct ssd1307fb_par *par; >> u8 *vmem; >> int ret; >> =20 >> - if (!client->dev.of_node) { >> + if (!node) { > why this will be DT only? >=20 > a platform or ARN that does not support DT can not use this driver >=20 > this looks not right Because the platform I was developing that for was DT-only, and I guess if someone wants to use this driver on a non-DT platform, that hypothetical someone can always send a patch to enable the "old-style" probing in this driver. Maxime --=20 Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com