[PATCH 1/2] video: ssd1307fb: Add support for SSD1306 OLED controller
Maxime Ripard
maxime.ripard at free-electrons.com
Fri Mar 29 15:34:19 EDT 2013
Hi Jean Christophe,
Le 29/03/2013 19:38, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD a écrit :
> On 17:44 Wed 06 Mar , Maxime Ripard wrote:
[snip]
>> static int ssd1307fb_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>> const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>> {
>> struct fb_info *info;
>> - u32 vmem_size = SSD1307FB_WIDTH * SSD1307FB_HEIGHT / 8;
>> + struct device_node *node = client->dev.of_node;
>> + u32 vmem_size;
>> struct ssd1307fb_par *par;
>> u8 *vmem;
>> int ret;
>>
>> - if (!client->dev.of_node) {
>> + if (!node) {
> why this will be DT only?
>
> a platform or ARN that does not support DT can not use this driver
>
> this looks not right
Because the platform I was developing that for was DT-only, and I guess
if someone wants to use this driver on a non-DT platform, that
hypothetical someone can always send a patch to enable the "old-style"
probing in this driver.
Maxime
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