[PATCH v1 1/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver

Andy Shevchenko andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Mon Jan 31 13:23:12 UTC 2022


On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 01:08:32PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> On 1/31/22 12:36, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

...

> >> +config TINYDRM_SSD130X
> >> +	tristate "DRM support for Solomon SSD130X OLED displays"
> >> +	depends on DRM && OF && I2C
> > 
> > Please, make sure that it does NOT dependent on OF.
> > 
> 
> I actually added this dependency deliberative. It's true that the driver is using
> the device properties API and so there isn't anything from the properties parsing
> point of view that depends on OF. And the original driver didn't depend on OF.
> 
> But the original driver also only would had worked with Device Trees since the
> of_device_id table is the only one that contains the device specific data info.
> 
> The i2c_device_id table only listed the devices supported to match, but then it
> would only had worked with the default values that are set by the driver.
> 
> So in practice it *does* depend on OF. I'll be happy to drop that dependency if
> you provide an acpi_device_id table to match.

The code is deceptive and you become to a wrong conclusion. No, the driver
does NOT depend on OF as a matter of fact. The tricky part is the PRP0001
ACPI PNP ID that allows to reuse it on ACPI-based platforms.

That said, please drop OF dependency.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko




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