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From: arnd@arndb•de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 3.9 1/3] misc: new driver for GPIO-connected 7-segment displays
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 19:43:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201301071943.40074.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1357576928-29133-2-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>

On Monday 07 January 2013, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:

>  .../devicetree/bindings/misc/gpio-7seg.txt         |   18 +++
>  drivers/misc/Kconfig                               |   13 ++
>  drivers/misc/Makefile                              |    1 +
>  drivers/misc/gpio-7seg.c                           |  168 ++++++++++++++++++++

I wonder if it would make sense to merge this into the LED subsystem
rather than having it as a standalone driver.

> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/gpio-7seg.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/gpio-7seg.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..107d178
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/gpio-7seg.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
> +* 7-segment driver connected over GPIO through a BCD decoder
> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible: "generic,gpio-7seg"
> +- gpios: list of GPIOs to use to control the 7-segment display

Maybe list the minimum and maximum number of gpio lines here?

> +	sdev->dev_attr.attr.name = "value";
> +	sdev->dev_attr.attr.mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUGO;
> +	sdev->dev_attr.show = gpio_7seg_show;
> +	sdev->dev_attr.store = gpio_7seg_store;

Any reason why you are not using the DEVICE_ATTR macro?

	Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-07 19:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-07 16:42 [PATCH 3.9] Driver for 7-segment displays connected over GPIOs Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 16:42 ` [PATCH 3.9 1/3] misc: new driver for GPIO-connected 7-segment displays Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 19:43   ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2013-01-07 19:58     ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 21:41       ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-02-08 22:38         ` Grant Likely
2013-02-08 22:35   ` Grant Likely
2013-01-07 16:42 ` [PATCH 3.9 2/3] arm: mvebu: add the 7-segment display DT informations to Armada 370 DB Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 16:42 ` [PATCH 3.9 3/3] arm: mvebu: add the 7-segment display DT informations to Armada XP DB Thomas Petazzoni
2013-02-08 22:39   ` Grant Likely
2013-01-07 16:48 ` [PATCH 3.9] Driver for 7-segment displays connected over GPIOs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-01-07 17:07   ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 17:23     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-01-07 17:40       ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 17:43         ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 17:56           ` H Hartley Sweeten
2013-01-07 18:02             ` Jason Cooper
2013-01-07 18:06           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2013-01-07 17:53       ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 18:36         ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2013-01-07 18:38           ` Thomas Petazzoni
2013-01-07 23:05 ` Linus Walleij
2013-02-09 16:28   ` Pavel Machek

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