linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V8] drivers: add LCD support

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Message-ID: <1defaf580610041121v27461d15j5491b3bb8153d9df@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Oct 2006 20:21:29 +0200
From:	"Haavard Skinnemoen" <hskinnemoen@...il.com>
To:	"Miguel Ojeda" <maxextreme@...il.com>
Cc:	"Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>, akpm@...l.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.18 V8] drivers: add LCD support

On 10/4/06, Miguel Ojeda <maxextreme@...il.com> wrote:
> On 10/4/06, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> wrote:
> >
> > Couldn't you make the class be "auxdisplay" also?
> >
>
> I don't really know what would be the best. I think if anyone adds a
> driver for any other kind of display (example: OLED), he/she can
> create a oledclass, that maybe need more funcionality than just the
> simple lcdclass.

There's already an lcd_class in drivers/video/backlight/lcd.c with
name "lcd". Could be confusing to have an lcdclass_class with name
"LCD" as well...

Haavard
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