[PATCH] drm: sti: fix sub-components bind

Benjamin Gaignard benjamin.gaignard at linaro.org
Wed Jul 15 06:56:41 PDT 2015


It doesn't change any bindings fields, only remove one level of childs on DT.
Old DTBs may not work but it will impact only very few peoples and no
products so it isn't a problem.
The patch fix driver and DT files so I don't think it could create issues.


2015-07-15 15:34 GMT+02:00 Thierry Reding <thierry.reding at gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 03:21:46PM +0200, Benjamin Gaignard wrote:
>> Fix misunderstanding in how use component framework.
>> drm_platform_init() is now call only when all the
>> sub-components are register themselves instead of the
>> previous two stages mechanism.
>>
>> Update devicetree and bindings documentation according
>> to this new behavior.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gaignard <benjamin.gaignard at linaro.org>
>> ---
>>  .../devicetree/bindings/gpu/st,stih4xx.txt         |  7 +-
>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/stih407.dtsi                     | 82 +++++++++++-----------
>>  arch/arm/boot/dts/stih410.dtsi                     | 82 +++++++++++-----------
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_drm_drv.c                  | 45 ++----------
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_hdmi.c                     | 25 ++++---
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_tvout.c                    | 46 ++----------
>>  6 files changed, 105 insertions(+), 182 deletions(-)
>
> Isn't this going to break DT ABI? How are you going to ensure backwards-
> compatibility with old DTBs?
>
> Thierry



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