From: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] video: ARM CLCD: Add DT support
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:23:21 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <531DAEB9.3020502@ti.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1394453382.3853.6.camel@hornet>
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On 10/03/14 14:09, Pawel Moll wrote:
>> Note that the same DT bindings you add here should also work for the DRM
>> driver in the future. So, in fact, the question is extended to: will the
>> fbdev
>
> No, I don't think so. It's a end of line for it, I believe. From my
> personal point of view the main goal is to fill the last gap between DT
> and non-DT support on one of the Versatile Express boards - CLCD works
> fine when booted with ATAGs, doesn't work when booted with DT. It looks
> bad.
The DT describes the hardware, and there should be only one description
of it, no matter what the used SW is. I see compatible = "arm,pl111" in
the dts. PL111 is the LCD controller, right? What will the DRM driver
use, then, if the "arm,pl111" DT data is designed to work only for the
fbdev?
Tomi
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-03-10 12:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-03-05 16:23 [PATCH v5 1/2] video: ARM CLCD: Add DT support Pawel Moll
2014-03-05 16:23 ` [PATCH v5 2/2] ARM: vexpress: Add CLCD Device Tree properties Pawel Moll
2014-03-06 10:21 ` [PATCH v5 1/2] video: ARM CLCD: Add DT support Tomi Valkeinen
2014-03-06 15:23 ` Pawel Moll
2014-03-07 11:35 ` Tomi Valkeinen
2014-03-10 12:09 ` Pawel Moll
2014-03-10 12:23 ` Tomi Valkeinen [this message]
2014-03-13 12:01 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2014-03-13 13:12 ` Pawel Moll
2014-03-13 9:30 ` Linus Walleij
2014-03-13 11:43 ` Pawel Moll
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