[PATCH v1] fbtft: fb_st7789v: added reset on init_display()

Greg KH gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Fri Aug 13 15:00:31 UTC 2021


On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 02:54:30PM +0200, Oliver Graute wrote:
> On 13/08/21, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 13, 2021 at 08:25:10AM +0200, Oliver Graute wrote:
> > > staging: fbtft: fb_st7789v: reset display before initialization
> > 
> > What is this line here, and why is this not your subject line instead?
> 
> I'll put the line as subject instead.
> 
> > > In rare cases the display is flipped or mirrored. This was observed more
> > > often in a low temperature environment. A clean reset on init_display()
> > > should help to get registers in a sane state.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Oliver Graute <oliver.graute at kococonnector.com>
> > 
> > What commit does this fix?
> 
> this is a fix for a rare behavior of the fb_st7789v display. Not a
> bugfix for a specific commit.

So if it has always been broken, list the commit where the code was
added to the kernel, as this should be backported to the stable kernels,
right?

thanks,

greg k-h


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