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Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] video: fbdev: pxafb: initial devicetree conversion

From Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] video: fbdev: pxafb: initial devicetree conversion
Date 2015-12-10 18:40 +0100
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Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com> writes:

> On 07/12/15 22:50, Robert Jarzmik wrote:
>
>>> It seems that at least "depth" is missing from the binding document.
>> You're right.
>> 
>> Actually depth is not a "hardware" caracteristic. Moreover it's just used as an
>> overlay for pxafb_set_pixfmt() to superseed var->bits_per_pixel. I'm wondering
>> if the right path for of_get_pxafb_mode_info() would be to remove completely
>> depth, and leave it initialized at 0 for the DT case.
>> 
>> What do you think of this approach ? The other one would be to modify the
>> binding, and yet I feel this depth doesn't belong to the binding, it's my patch
>> which requires another spin IMHO.
>
> Yes, we should avoid non-hardware relate properties in the .dts files if
> at all possible. If the driver works fine without the property, I think
> it's fine to remove it. If it is required it needs to be added to the
> binding document.

Ok, agreed Tomi. That commits me for a v6, as the driver works fine on my
tests. I'll send it in the next couple of days.

Thanks for the review.

-- 
Robert
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Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] video: fbdev: pxafb: initial devicetree conversion Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com> - 2015-12-07 17:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] video: fbdev: pxafb: initial devicetree conversion Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr> - 2015-12-07 22:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] video: fbdev: pxafb: initial devicetree conversion Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com> - 2015-12-10 16:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] video: fbdev: pxafb: initial devicetree conversion Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@free.fr> - 2015-12-10 18:40 +0100

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