[PATCH 3/4] OMAPDSS: panel-sharp-ls037v7dw01: add device tree support

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Mon May 19 09:43:56 PDT 2014


On Monday 19 May 2014 08:57:33 Tony Lindgren wrote:
> No need to load multiple drivers at this point. That's why I'm saying
> you can bail out on the undesired display controller probes using
> of_machine_is_compatible test. It's not that uncommon for drivers to do:
> 
> $ git grep of_machine_is_compatible drivers/ | wc -l
> 116

I think this is widely seen as bad style, and most of the examples are
testing for Power Mac specific workarounds for stuff that Apple didn't
put in DT elsewhere.

	Arnd



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