Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 0/3] Raspberry Pi Sense HAT driver | From | Stefan Wahren <> | Date | Sat, 7 Aug 2021 11:03:56 +0200 |
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Hi Joel,
Am 07.08.21 um 02:27 schrieb Joel Savitz: > This patch series adds a set of drivers for operating the Sense HAT > peripheral device. This board is an add on for the Raspberry Pi that is > designed to connect using the GPIO connector via I2C. > > It features: > - a joystick > - an 8x8 RGB LED matrix display > - a whole bunch of environmental sensors with their own drivers > (those are already in upstream Linux) > > This is a refactor of the work of Serge Schneider, the author of a > version of this driver that is currently in the Raspberry Pi downstream > kernel. We modified his code to make it suitable for upstream Linux. > > A couple of tests are available for this driver in this repo: > https://github.com/underground-software/sensehat/tree/master/tests > - color_test displays various solid colors on the LED panel > - framebuffer_test diplays a single lit cell that is > controllable via the arrow keys or the joystick > > Though the driver is split into three modules, they are interdependent > and meaningless in isolation. As such, we have grouped them together. > > This is a request for comments. Please let us know if you > have any suggestions, complements, or harsh criticism. ;) > > Known issue: > - We do not know how to integrate the device tree overlay into mainline > Linux. Fortunately, most Linux distrubtions designed for the Raspberry > Pi already include the approriate device tree overlay as a part of > their importation of all overlays from the downstream Raspberry Pi > kernel. Suggestions are welcome and appreciated. > AFAIK the overlay support isn't complete yet. In order to give a chance to test with mainline, developers provided patches against a specific board DTS (e.g. RPi 3B) and tag them as DO NOT MERGE.
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