Re: [PATCH 13/22] lcd: Add GPIO LCD driver.

Alexander Shiyan shc_work at mail.ru
Mon Jul 15 11:30:00 EDT 2013


> Signed-off-by: Denis Carikli <denis at eukrea.com>
> ---
>  .../bindings/video/backlight/gpio-lcd.txt          |   15 ++
>  drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig                    |    8 +
>  drivers/video/backlight/Makefile                   |    1 +
>  drivers/video/backlight/gpio_lcd.c                 |  178 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 202 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/gpio-lcd.txt
>  create mode 100644 drivers/video/backlight/gpio_lcd.c
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/gpio-lcd.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/gpio-lcd.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..4ff409d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/backlight/gpio-lcd.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
> +gpio-lcd bindings
> +
> +Required properties:
> +  - compatible: "gpio-lcd"
> +  - gpios: describes the gpio that is used for enabling/disabling the lcd
> +     (see GPIO binding[0] for more details).
> +
> +[0]: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt
> +
> +Example:
> +
> +	lcd {
> +		compatible = "gpio-lcd";
> +		gpios = <&gpio3 13 0>;
> +	};
> diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig b/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
> index 70e7706..eaf0525 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig
> @@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ config LCD_CORGI
>  	  Say y here to support the LCD panels usually found on SHARP
>  	  corgi (C7x0) and spitz (Cxx00) models.
>  
> +config LCD_GPIO
> +	tristate "LCD GPIO Driver"
> +	depends on OF && GPIOLIB
> +	help
> +	  If your LCD enbling/disabling is controlled by a GPIO
> +	  and that you use the device tree for booting,
> +	  say y to enable the LCD GPIO driver.
> +

Instead of using GPIO maybe it would be better to use a regulator here?
That would be a universal solution.
Thanks.

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