Re: [PATCH 2/2] misc: hx8837: add a HiMax HX8837 display controller driver

From: Rob Herring
Date: Wed Oct 17 2018 - 10:07:49 EST


On Mon, 8 Oct 2018 22:23:21 +0200, Lubomir Rintel wrote:
> HiMax HX8837 is a display controller used on OLPC platforms. It controlls
> backlight and is able to capture and freeze a frame when the LCD controller
> (and the rest of the plaform) is powered off.
>
> This driver is based on the same code as drivers/staging/olpc_dcon.
> I modernized it to use managed GPIO, device-tree bindings, sysfs attribtue
> groups, essentially fixing the staging driver's TODO.
>
> Why I am not removing the staging driver now is because I've hobbled off
> some functionality too (with an intent to bring add it back eventually):
>
> * I've removed parts that talk directly to the OLPC EC to turn off/on the
> power. A separate patch will make the EC expose a regulator interface
> that should be used instead.
>
> * Some work is likely needed to make XO 1 and XO 1.5 work. Both platforms
> are DT-based and could use the same bindings, but I haven't checked
> whether the cs5535 and vx855 GPIO drivers are good enough.
>
> What is there is the backlight control and the sysfs attributes to control
> the freeze/unfreeze..
>
> I've also renamed the driver to use the actual chip name instead of the
> original name that I found too generic. This way the staging driver can be
> used on XO 1 and XO 1.5 for the time being, while my XO 1.75 can utilize
> this one.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@xxxxx>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - Use interrupt bindings instead of gpio for the IRQ
> - Update the statement on XO 1/1.5 support in the commit message
>
> drivers/misc/Kconfig | 16 +
> drivers/misc/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/misc/hx8837.c | 741 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 758 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/misc/hx8837.c
>

Reviewed-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>