[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 00/23] dm: tegra: Convert tegra20 and tegra124 video drivers to driver model

Tom Warren
2016-02-16T15:47:32Z

Simon

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> To: Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/23] dm: tegra: Convert tegra20 and tegra124 video
> drivers to driver model
>
> Hi,
>
> On 1 February 2016 at 17:00, Stephen Warren <swarren@wwwdotorg.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 01/30/2016 04:37 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> >>
> >> This series moves these two drivers over to use driver model for video.
> >>
> >> This involves the following steps:
> >> - Sync up some device tree files with Linux
> >> - Implement a proper PWM driver
> >> - Clean up and unify the driver code
> >> - Modify the existing drivers to work with driver model
> >>
> >> The tegra20 display driver uses device tree bindings invented in 2011
> >> before Linux had this or anyone was able to agree a standard. It
> >> seems possible to move it to the new bindings (like tegra124) except
> >> for the issue of time delays between stages. It isn't clear how this
> >> should work, and Linux implements this by including all LCD
> >> definitions in the kernel source code, and not using any delays. This
> >> causes strange display artifacts on the display when starting up, but
> >> perhaps is harmless to the display. Future work will sync up the
> >> device tree more for seaboard, and thus tidy this up for nvidia boards.
> >>
> >> A bug in the keyboard driver is also fixed by this series. The series
> >> is tested on seaboard and nyan-big, the two boards I have which
> >> support a display.
> >>
> >> This series is available at u-boot-dm/tegra-working.
> >
> >
> > This changes the name of the output device from "lcd" to "vidconsole".
> Anyone who doesn't reset their environment to default when switching to this
> new U-Boot will lose their display output because of this. Is there any way to
> maintain compatibility?
> >
> > Aside from that, I don't see any issues on Springbank (Seaboard),
> > Harmony, Ventana, Paz00, or p2371-2180, so the series,
> > Tested-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>
>
> It looks like some of the patches have been applied and all Tegra boards are
> now giving Kconfig warnings.
>
> Tom Warren, are you able to pick up the rest of the series?
I had thought these had already gone in via the dm repo. If not, please list those that still need to be picked up and I'll take them in via tegra. Best to assign the appropriate ones to me in patchwork. Currently it seems they're all assigned to me. Which patches have already been applied?

Tom

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> Regards,
> Simon