Re: [PATCH 06/17] auxdisplay: Extract character line display core support

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

Hi Robin,

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 9:18 AM robin <robin@protonic.nl> wrote:
> On 2021-03-22 15:48, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Extract the character line display core support from the simple ASCII
> > LCD driver for the MIPS Boston, Malta & SEAD3 development boards into
> > its own subdriver, so it can be reused for other displays.
> >
> > Note that this moves the "message" device attribute in sysfs in a
> > "linedisp.N" subdirectory.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>

> > --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
> > @@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ config CHARLCD
> >         This is some character LCD core interface that multiple drivers can
> >         use.
> >
> > +config LINEDISP
> > +     tristate "Character line display core support" if COMPILE_TEST
> > +     help
> > +       This is the core support for single-line character displays, to be
> > +       selected by drivers that use it.
> > +
> >  config HD44780_COMMON
> >       tristate "Common functions for HD44780 (and compatibles) LCD
> > displays" if COMPILE_TEST
> >       select CHARLCD
> > @@ -155,6 +161,7 @@ config IMG_ASCII_LCD
> >       depends on HAS_IOMEM
> >       default y if MIPS_MALTA
> >       select MFD_SYSCON
> > +     select LINEDISP
> >       help
> >         Enable this to support the simple ASCII LCD displays found on
> >         development boards such as the MIPS Boston, MIPS Malta & MIPS SEAD3
> > @@ -169,6 +176,7 @@ config HT16K33
> >       select FB_SYS_IMAGEBLIT
> >       select INPUT_MATRIXKMAP
> >       select FB_BACKLIGHT
> > +     select LINEDISP
>
> At this point in your patch stack it's not used by the ht16k33 driver. I
> think it
> would be nicer to add this dependency when the code actually starts
> depending on it.
> So that when this patch stack gets applied partially or not in one go
> the chunks
> would be independent.

Indeed, I messed up the order. Will fix.
Thanks for spotting!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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