Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Jan 2022 15:24:41 +0200 | From | Andy Shevchenko <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v1 1/4] fbtft: Unorphan the driver |
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On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 03:23:13PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 01:08:32PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > > On 1/31/22 12:36, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
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> > I actually added this dependency deliberative. It's true that the driver is using > > the device properties API and so there isn't anything from the properties parsing > > point of view that depends on OF. And the original driver didn't depend on OF. > > > > But the original driver also only would had worked with Device Trees since the > > of_device_id table is the only one that contains the device specific data info. > > > > The i2c_device_id table only listed the devices supported to match, but then it > > would only had worked with the default values that are set by the driver. > > > > So in practice it *does* depend on OF. I'll be happy to drop that dependency if > > you provide an acpi_device_id table to match. > > The code is deceptive and you become to a wrong conclusion. No, the driver > does NOT depend on OF as a matter of fact. The tricky part is the PRP0001 > ACPI PNP ID that allows to reuse it on ACPI-based platforms. > > That said, please drop OF dependency.
Side note: 72915994e028 ("video: ssd1307fb: Make use of device properties")
-- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
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