Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] fbtft: Rectify GPIO handling
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Apr 16 2021 - 10:21:05 EST
On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 02:51:59PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 03:31:16PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > The infamous commit c440eee1a7a1 ("Staging: fbtft: Switch to
> > the GPIO descriptor interface") broke GPIO handling completely.
> > It has already four commits to rectify and it seems not enough.
> > In order to fix the mess here we:
> >
> > 1) Set default to "inactive" for all requested pins
> >
> > 2) Fix CS, RD, and WR pins polarity since it's active low and
> > GPIO descriptor interface takes it into consideration from
> > the Device Tree or ACPI
> >
> > 3) Fix RESET pin polarity in the places missed by the commit
> > b918d1c27066 ("Staging: fbtft: Fix reset assertion when using gpio descriptor")
> >
> > 4) Consolidate chip activation (CS assert) under default
> > ->reset() callback
> >
> > To summarize the expectations about polarity for GPIOs:
> >
> > #RD Low
> > #WR Low
> > #CS Low
> > #RESET Low
> > DC or RS High
> > RW High
> > Data 0..15 High
> >
> > See also Adafruit learning course [1] for the example of the schematics.
> >
> > While at it, drop unneeded NULL checks, since GPIO API is tolerant to that.
> > At the end, update TODO to mark this job eventually done.
> >
> > [1]: https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-2-8-and-3-2-color-tft-touchscreen-breakout-v2/downloads
>
> Shouldn't this be broken up into "one patch per thing" from your list
> above? Feels like you did a lot of different things all in the same
> patch :(
Okay, I split a bit, now it's 4 patches. (See v2).
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko