Re: [PATCH 1/5] dt-bindings: display: ssd1307fb: Deprecate fbdev compatible strings

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Apr 11 2022 - 09:47:32 EST


Hi Javier,

On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 10:03 PM Javier Martinez Canillas
<javierm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The current compatible strings for SSD130x I2C controllers contain an -fb
> suffix, this seems to indicate that are for a fbdev driver. But the DT is
> supposed to describe the hardware and not Linux implementation details.
>
> Let's deprecate those compatible strings and add a new enum that contains
> compatible strings that don't have a -fb suffix. These will be matched by
> the ssd130x-i2c DRM driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@xxxxxxxxxx>

> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/solomon,ssd1307fb.yaml
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/solomon,ssd1307fb.yaml
> @@ -12,12 +12,24 @@ maintainers:
>
> properties:
> compatible:
> - enum:
> - - sinowealth,sh1106-i2c
> - - solomon,ssd1305fb-i2c
> - - solomon,ssd1306fb-i2c
> - - solomon,ssd1307fb-i2c
> - - solomon,ssd1309fb-i2c
> + oneOf:
> + # Deprecated compatible strings
> + - items:
> + - enum:
> + - solomon,ssd1305fb-i2c
> + - solomon,ssd1306fb-i2c
> + - solomon,ssd1307fb-i2c
> + - solomon,ssd1309fb-i2c

Please drop the "-i2c" suffixes, too.
We already have plenty of IIO sensors and audio codecs using the
same compatible value for spi and i2c, cfr.
'git grep compatible -- "*-[si][p2][ic].c"'

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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