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

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Mon Feb 26 2024 - 11:03:34 EST


Hi Andy,

On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 5:00 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 04:28:20PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > 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
>
> ...
>
> > > +config HT16K33
> > > + tristate "Holtek Ht16K33 LED controller with keyscan"
> >
> > HT16K33 also supports dot-matrix displays using fbdev...
> > Yes, categorizing is difficult.
>
> So, what to do here?

Create a new section for multi-function displays?

>
> ...
>
> > I still think these should be sorted alphabetically.
>
> Okay.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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