[PATCH 3.9 1/3] misc: new driver for GPIO-connected 7-segment displays
Arnd Bergmann
arnd at arndb.de
Mon Jan 7 14:43:39 EST 2013
On Monday 07 January 2013, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> .../devicetree/bindings/misc/gpio-7seg.txt | 18 +++
> drivers/misc/Kconfig | 13 ++
> drivers/misc/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/misc/gpio-7seg.c | 168 ++++++++++++++++++++
I wonder if it would make sense to merge this into the LED subsystem
rather than having it as a standalone driver.
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/gpio-7seg.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/gpio-7seg.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..107d178
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/gpio-7seg.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
> +* 7-segment driver connected over GPIO through a BCD decoder
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible: "generic,gpio-7seg"
> +- gpios: list of GPIOs to use to control the 7-segment display
Maybe list the minimum and maximum number of gpio lines here?
> + sdev->dev_attr.attr.name = "value";
> + sdev->dev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO;
> + sdev->dev_attr.show = gpio_7seg_show;
> + sdev->dev_attr.store = gpio_7seg_store;
Any reason why you are not using the DEVICE_ATTR macro?
Arnd
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