Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Oct 2006 08:29:50 -0700 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V7] drivers: add lcd display support |
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On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 14:55:07 +0200 Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On 10/3/06, Andrew James Wade <andrew.j.wade@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm afraid not; it looks like my suggestion "LCD display" grates on > > people's ears. Simply calling the device an "LCD" is probably the > > best bet, and "LCD screen" would be better than "LCD monitor". Screens > > can be any size, it's a fairly generic term. > > > > The class name and directory name should probably include the word > > "display", but I don't know what the other part should be. What sort > > of displays should be included in this category, and what sort > > shouldn't? > > > > Andrew Wade > > > > My first idea was call it "display", for small/medium screens of any > kind (LCD, OLED, FED, NED... whatever). I named it "drivers/display/", > so anyone who create a driver for a display or display controller can > put it there (creating a separator for its own category at Kconfig), > as there aren't so many of them for now. > > But people said "display" could be so generic and cause confusion with > usual video drivers, so I renamed it to "drivers/lcddisplay/", as it > is more expressive (however when someone will create a OLED driver > will have to create a new folder...). > > I would like to put any kind of display driver there (LCD, OLED...) > not just LCDs and name it "drivers/display". I think people won't > confuse them with VESA... as there aren't drivers for "screens", just > for video cards (logically). But some people don't agree.
I liked the "auxdisplay" suggestion, FWIW.
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