[PATCH 0/6] ARM: integrator: multiplatform advancements
Pawel Moll
pawel.moll at arm.com
Wed Mar 5 11:19:54 EST 2014
On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 09:37 +0000, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
> <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 11:29:25AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:
> >> The *real* solution, one might argue is to convert the CLCD
> >> driver to DRM and add device tree bindings, but it appears that
> >> this is an orthogonal goal that has been attempted by other with
> >> mixed results.
> >
> > What mixed results? You know, I find it rather sick that people run
> > around trying to do this to a driver that I authored and maintain
> > without one comment to me about it. It sometimes feels like people
> > think I don't exist anymore.
>
> Sorry, I was referring to this driver for PL111:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=137477285809710&w=2
>
> So I take it that the PL111 is a totally different beast from
> PL110 except for the single digit difference in the name.
> Whereas PL180 and PL181 are essentially the same piece
> of hardware...
>
> Then there is this patch set for DT support for the CLCD which
> appears to be orthogonal:
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=137968689722364&w=2
>
> Pawel, is this coming along?
Last week I was about to answer that this was my last word in the
subject ;-) but then I decided to give it another go, trying to address
the last - I think - controversial bit, being the pads property. Made it
much simpler and optional, so it should be in anybody's (namely the DRM
driver and bindings) way.
Will post in a second.
Pawel
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