Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] auxdisplay: linedisp: Group display drivers together

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Andy,

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 6:03 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For better usability group the display drivers together in Kconfig
> and Makefile. With this we will have the following sections:
>   - Character LCD
>   - Samsung KS0108 LCD controller
>   - Single character line display
>   - Character LCD with non-conforming interface
>
> While at it, drop redundant 'default n' entries.
>
> Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/Kconfig

> +#
> +# Single character line display section
> +#
> +config LINEDISP
> +       tristate "Character line display core support" if COMPILE_TEST
> +       help
> +         This is the core support for single-line character displays, to be
> +         selected by drivers that use it.
> +
> +config IMG_ASCII_LCD
> +       tristate "Imagination Technologies ASCII LCD Display"
> +       depends on HAS_IOMEM
> +       default y if MIPS_MALTA
> +       select MFD_SYSCON
> +       select LINEDISP
> +       help
> +         Enable this to support the simple ASCII LCD displays found on
> +         development boards such as the MIPS Boston, MIPS Malta & MIPS SEAD3
> +         from Imagination Technologies.
> +
> +config HT16K33
> +       tristate "Holtek Ht16K33 LED controller with keyscan"

HT16K33 also supports dot-matrix displays using fbdev...
Yes, categorizing is difficult.

> --- a/drivers/auxdisplay/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/auxdisplay/Makefile
> @@ -5,12 +5,15 @@
>
>  obj-$(CONFIG_CHARLCD)          += charlcd.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_HD44780_COMMON)   += hd44780_common.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_CHARLCD)      += arm-charlcd.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_HD44780)          += hd44780.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_LCD2S)            += lcd2s.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_PARPORT_PANEL)    += panel.o
> +
>  obj-$(CONFIG_KS0108)           += ks0108.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_CFAG12864B)       += cfag12864b.o cfag12864bfb.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_IMG_ASCII_LCD)    += img-ascii-lcd.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_HD44780)          += hd44780.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_HT16K33)          += ht16k33.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_PARPORT_PANEL)    += panel.o
> -obj-$(CONFIG_LCD2S)            += lcd2s.o
> +
>  obj-$(CONFIG_LINEDISP)         += line-display.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_IMG_ASCII_LCD)    += img-ascii-lcd.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_HT16K33)          += ht16k33.o
> +
> +obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_CHARLCD)      += arm-charlcd.o

I still think these should be sorted alphabetically.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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