Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] Runtime Interpreted Power Sequences

[Mark Brown]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:54:20PM +0300, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:

> However, if we already have a generic driver for that type of panel,
> (which we would need anyway for the DT based approach), the developer
> only needs to add the name of the panel and the data for the power
> sequence to the panel driver's database, which is about the same amount
> of work as with DT.

> So it's really just a question of where to put the data in question, DT
> or driver. Both contain the same data, and the data structure may also
> be the same. In DT's case it just needs to be parsed first, whereas in
> database case you'll enter the data in structs.

I think the device tree idiomatic way of doing this is to have a bunch
of .dtsi files for the panels which then get included by reference in
the board files.  This isn't helpful to people working on non-DT
architectures though.

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