Re: [PATCH 16/17] auxdisplay: ht16k33: Add support for segment displays

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

Hoi Robin,

On Mon, Mar 29, 2021 at 9:09 AM Robin van der Gracht <robin@protonic.nl> wrote:
> On 2021-03-22 15:48, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > The Holtek HT16K33 LED controller is not only used for driving
> > dot-matrix displays, but also for driving segment displays.
> >
> > Add support for 4-digit 7-segment and quad 14-segment alphanumeric
> > displays, like the Adafruit 7-segment and 14-segment display backpack
> > and FeatherWing expansion boards.  Use the character line display core
> > support to display a message, which will be scrolled if it doesn't fit.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> > ---
> > The 7-segment support is based on schematics, and untested on actual
> > hardware.
> > ---
> >  drivers/auxdisplay/ht16k33.c | 198 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 191 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> ...
> >
> > +static int ht16k33_seg_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
> > +                          struct ht16k33_priv *priv, uint32_t brightness)
> > +{
> > +     struct ht16k33_seg *seg = &priv->seg;
> > +     struct device *dev = &client->dev;
> > +     int err;
> > +
> > +     err = ht16k33_brightness_set(priv, MAX_BRIGHTNESS);
> > +     if (err)
> > +             return err;
> > +
> > +     switch (priv->type) {
> > +     case DISP_MATRIX:
> > +             /* not handled here */
> > +             break;
>
> This 'case' shouldn't happen. Having said that, the break here will
> still
> cause the linedisp_register() function to be called for the DISP_MATRIX
> type.
> If you'd like to handle this case, a return (or setting 'err') should
> prevent this.

This function is never called if priv->type == DISP_MATRIX, so this
cannot happen.  However, gcc complains if not all enum values are
handled in a switch() statement, hence the dummy case.

Is there a better way to handle this?

> > +     case DISP_QUAD_7SEG:
> > +             INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&priv->work, ht16k33_seg7_update);
> > +             seg->map.seg7 = initial_map_seg7;
> > +             seg->map_size = sizeof(seg->map.seg7);
> > +             err = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_map_seg7);
> > +             break;
> > +
> > +     case DISP_QUAD_14SEG:
> > +             INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&priv->work, ht16k33_seg14_update);
> > +             seg->map.seg14 = initial_map_seg14;
> > +             seg->map_size = sizeof(seg->map.seg14);
> > +             err = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_map_seg14);
> > +             break;
> > +     }
> > +     if (err)
> > +             return err;
> > +
> > +     err = linedisp_register(&seg->linedisp, dev, 4, seg->curr,
> > +                             ht16k33_linedisp_update);
> > +     if (err)
> > +             goto err_remove_map_file;
> > +
> > +     return 0;

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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