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Message-ID: <653402b90612060519q412412c6xaa66022d75ec1abb@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 14:19:26 +0100
From: "Miguel Ojeda" <maxextreme@...il.com>
To: "James Simmons" <jsimmons@...radead.org>
Cc: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"Linux Fbdev development list"
<linux-fbdev-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
"Luming Yu" <Luming.yu@...el.com>,
"Andrew Zabolotny" <zap@...elink.ru>, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
kernel-discuss@...dhelds.org
Subject: Re: Display class
On 12/5/06, James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> This is the pass at a display class to meet the needs of the output class
> of Mr. Yu for acpi. Also this class could in time replace the lcd class
> located in the backlight directory since a lcd is a type of display.
> The final hope is that the purpose auxdisplay could fall under this
> catergory.
>
> P.S
> I know the edid parsing would have to be pulled out of the fbdev layer.
>
Few comments about EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL:
>
> diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/acpi/video.c fbdev-2.6/drivers/acpi/video.c
> --- linus-2.6/drivers/acpi/video.c 2006-11-07 05:38:34.000000000 -0500
> +++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/acpi/video.c 2006-12-04 10:40:48.000000000 -0500
> @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
> #include <linux/list.h>
> #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
> #include <linux/seq_file.h>
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC)
> +#include <linux/display.h>
> +#endif
>
> #include <asm/uaccess.h>
>
> @@ -154,6 +157,20 @@
> int *levels;
> };
>
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC)
> +static int
> +acpi_display_get_power(struct display_device *dev)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int
> +acpi_display_set_power(struct display_device *dev)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> struct acpi_video_device {
> unsigned long device_id;
> struct acpi_video_device_flags flags;
> @@ -162,6 +179,10 @@
> struct acpi_video_bus *video;
> struct acpi_device *dev;
> struct acpi_video_device_brightness *brightness;
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC)
> + struct display_properties acpi_display_properties;
> + struct display_device *display;
> +#endif
> };
>
> /* bus */
> @@ -399,6 +420,27 @@
> return status;
> }
>
> +#if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC)
> +static void*
> +acpi_display_get_EDID(struct acpi_video_device *dev)
> +{
> + union acpi_object *edid = NULL;
> + void *data = NULL;
> + int status;
> +
> + status = acpi_video_device_EDID(dev, &edid, 128);
> + if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> + status = acpi_video_device_EDID(dev, &edid, 256);
> +
> + if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
> + if (edid && edid->type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER) {
> + data = edid->buffer.pointer;
> + }
> + }
> + return data;
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> /* bus */
>
> static int
> @@ -1255,7 +1297,6 @@
> int status;
> struct acpi_video_device *data;
>
> -
> if (!device || !video)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> @@ -1263,12 +1304,10 @@
> acpi_evaluate_integer(device->handle, "_ADR", NULL, &device_id);
> if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
>
> - data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_video_device), GFP_KERNEL);
> + data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_video_device), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!data)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> - memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_video_device));
> -
> strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_VIDEO_DEVICE_NAME);
> strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_VIDEO_CLASS);
> acpi_driver_data(device) = data;
> @@ -1295,6 +1334,13 @@
> acpi_video_device_bind(video, data);
> acpi_video_device_find_cap(data);
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC
> + data->acpi_display_properties.get_power = acpi_display_get_power;
> + data->acpi_display_properties.set_power = acpi_display_set_power;
> + data->acpi_display_properties.probe = probe_edid;
> + data->display = display_device_register(NULL, acpi_display_get_EDID(data),
> + &data->acpi_display_properties);
> +#endif
> status = acpi_install_notify_handler(device->handle,
> ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
> acpi_video_device_notify,
> diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-ddc.c fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-ddc.c
> --- linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-ddc.c 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
> +++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-ddc.c 2006-12-03 05:27:00.000000000 -0500
> @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
> +/*
> + * display-ddc.c - EDID paring code
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2006 James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
> + *
> + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
> + * your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> + * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> + * General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> + * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
> + * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
> + *
> + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> + */
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/display.h>
> +#include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/ctype.h>
> +
> +#include <linux/fb.h>
> +
> +int probe_edid(struct display_device *dev, void *data)
> +{
> + struct fb_monspecs spec;
> + ssize_t size = 45;
> +
> + dev->name = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> + fb_edid_to_monspecs((unsigned char *) data, &spec);
> + strcpy(dev->name, spec.manufacturer);
> + return snprintf(dev->name, size, "%s %s %s\n", spec.manufacturer, spec.monitor, spec.ascii);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(probe_edid);
Shouldn't be EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL?
> +
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Display Hardware handling");
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c
> --- linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
> +++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c 2006-12-04 07:48:34.000000000 -0500
> @@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
> +/*
> + * display.c - Display output driver
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2006 James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
> + *
> + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
> + * your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> + * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> + * General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> + * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
> + * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
> + *
> + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> + */
> +#include <linux/module.h>
> +#include <linux/display.h>
> +#include <linux/err.h>
> +#include <linux/ctype.h>
> +
> +static ssize_t display_show_name(struct class_device *dev, char *buf)
> +{
> + struct display_device *dsp = to_display_device(dev);
> + return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", dsp->name);
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t display_show_power(struct class_device *dev, char *buf)
> +{
> + struct display_device *dsp = to_display_device(dev);
> + ssize_t ret = -ENXIO;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&dsp->lock);
> + if (likely(dsp->driver->get_power))
> + ret = sprintf(buf,"%.8x\n", dsp->driver->get_power(dsp));
> + mutex_unlock(&dsp->lock);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t display_store_power(struct class_device *dev,
> + const char *buf,size_t count)
> +{
> + struct display_device *dsp = to_display_device(dev);
> + size_t size;
> + char *endp;
> + int power;
> +
> + power = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
> + size = endp - buf;
> + if (*endp && isspace(*endp))
> + size++;
> + if (size != count)
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&dsp->lock);
> + if (likely(dsp->driver->set_power)) {
> + dsp->request_state = power;
> + dsp->driver->set_power(dsp);
> + }
> + mutex_unlock(&dsp->lock);
> + return count;
> +}
> +
> +static void display_class_release(struct class_device *dev)
> +{
> + struct display_device *dsp = to_display_device(dev);
> + kfree(dsp);
> +}
> +
> +static struct class_device_attribute display_attributes[] = {
> + __ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, display_show_name, NULL),
> + __ATTR(power, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, display_show_power, display_store_power),
> +};
> +
> +static struct class display_class = {
> + .name = "display",
> + .release = display_class_release,
> + .class_dev_attrs = display_attributes,
> +};
> +
> +static int index;
> +
> +struct display_device *display_device_register(struct display_driver *driver,
> + struct device *dev, void *devdata)
> +{
> + struct display_device *new_dev;
> + int ret = -ENOMEM, i;
> +
> + if (unlikely(!driver))
> + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +
> + new_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct display_device), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (likely(new_dev)) {
> + driver->probe(new_dev, devdata);
> +
> + mutex_init(&new_dev->lock);
> + new_dev->driver = driver;
> + new_dev->class_dev.class = &display_class;
> + new_dev->class_dev.dev = dev;
> + sprintf(new_dev->class_dev.class_id, "display%d", index++);
> + class_set_devdata(&new_dev->class_dev, devdata);
> + ret = class_device_register(&new_dev->class_dev);
> +
> + if (likely(ret)) {
> + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(display_attributes); i++) {
> + ret = class_device_create_file(&new_dev->class_dev,
> + &display_attributes[i]);
> + if (unlikely(ret)) {
> + while (--i >= 0)
> + class_device_remove_file(&new_dev->class_dev,
> + &display_attributes[i]);
> + class_device_unregister(&new_dev->class_dev);
> + }
> + }
> + }
> + }
> + if (unlikely(ret)) {
> + printk("failed to register display device\n");
> + kfree(new_dev);
> + new_dev = ERR_PTR(ret);
> + }
> + return new_dev;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(display_device_register);
Shouldn't be EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL?
> +
> +void display_device_unregister(struct display_device *dev)
> +{
> + int i;
> +
> + if (!dev)
> + return;
> + mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
> + dev->driver = NULL;
> + for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(display_attributes); i++)
> + class_device_remove_file(&dev->class_dev,
> + &display_attributes[i]);
> + mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> + class_device_unregister(&dev->class_dev);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(display_device_unregister);
Shouldn't be EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL?
> +
> +static void __exit display_class_exit(void)
> +{
> + class_unregister(&display_class);
> +}
> +
> +static int __init display_class_init(void)
> +{
> + return class_register(&display_class);
> +}
> +
> +postcore_initcall(display_class_init);
> +module_exit(display_class_exit);
> +
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Display Hardware handling");
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/Kconfig fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/Kconfig
> --- linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/Kconfig 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
> +++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/Kconfig 2006-12-04 11:41:03.000000000 -0500
> @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
> +#
> +# Display drivers configuration
> +#
> +
> +menu "Display device support"
> +
> +config DISPLAY_SUPPORT
> + tristate "Display panel/monitor support"
> + ---help---
> + This framework adds support for low-level control of a display.
> + This includes support for power.
> +
> + Enable this to be able to choose the drivers for controlling the
> + physical display panel/monitor on some platforms. This not only
> + covers LCD displays for PDAs but also other types of displays
> + such as CRT, TVout etc.
> +
> + To have support for your specific display panel you will have to
> + select the proper drivers which depend on this option.
> +
> +config DISPLAY_DDC
> + tristate "Enable EDID parsing"
> + ---help---
> + Enable EDID parsing
> +
> +comment "Display hardware drivers"
> + depends on DISPLAY_SUPPORT
> +
> +endmenu
> diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/Makefile fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/Makefile
> --- linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/Makefile 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
> +++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/Makefile 2006-12-03 05:02:07.000000000 -0500
> @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> +# Display drivers
> +
> +display-objs := display-sysfs.o
> +
> +obj-$(CONFIG_DISPLAY_SUPPORT) += display.o
> +
> +obj-$(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC) += display-ddc.o
> diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/Kconfig fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/Kconfig
> --- linus-2.6/drivers/video/Kconfig 2006-11-30 05:06:13.000000000 -0500
> +++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/Kconfig 2006-12-04 10:40:48.000000000 -0500
> @@ -4,21 +4,6 @@
>
> menu "Graphics support"
>
> -config FIRMWARE_EDID
> - bool "Enable firmware EDID"
> - default y
> - ---help---
> - This enables access to the EDID transferred from the firmware.
> - On the i386, this is from the Video BIOS. Enable this if DDC/I2C
> - transfers do not work for your driver and if you are using
> - nvidiafb, i810fb or savagefb.
> -
> - In general, choosing Y for this option is safe. If you
> - experience extremely long delays while booting before you get
> - something on your display, try setting this to N. Matrox cards in
> - combination with certain motherboards and monitors are known to
> - suffer from this problem.
> -
> config FB
> tristate "Support for frame buffer devices"
> ---help---
> @@ -53,6 +38,22 @@
> (e.g. an accelerated X server) and that are not frame buffer
> device-aware may cause unexpected results. If unsure, say N.
>
> +config FIRMWARE_EDID
> + bool "Enable firmware EDID"
> + depends on FB
> + default n
> + ---help---
> + This enables access to the EDID transferred from the firmware.
> + On the i386, this is from the Video BIOS. Enable this if DDC/I2C
> + transfers do not work for your driver and if you are using
> + nvidiafb, i810fb or savagefb.
> +
> + In general, choosing Y for this option is safe. If you
> + experience extremely long delays while booting before you get
> + something on your display, try setting this to N. Matrox cards in
> + combination with certain motherboards and monitors are known to
> + suffer from this problem.
> +
> config FB_DDC
> tristate
> depends on FB && I2C && I2C_ALGOBIT
> @@ -126,6 +127,9 @@
> This is particularly important to one driver, matroxfb. If
> unsure, say N.
>
> +comment "Frambuffer hardware drivers"
> + depends on FB
> +
> config FB_CIRRUS
> tristate "Cirrus Logic support"
> depends on FB && (ZORRO || PCI)
> @@ -1641,6 +1647,7 @@
> endif
>
> if SYSFS
> + source "drivers/video/display/Kconfig"
> source "drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig"
> endif
>
> diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/Makefile fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/Makefile
> --- linus-2.6/drivers/video/Makefile 2006-11-07 05:38:36.000000000 -0500
> +++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/Makefile 2006-12-04 10:40:48.000000000 -0500
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
>
> obj-$(CONFIG_VT) += console/
> obj-$(CONFIG_LOGO) += logo/
> -obj-$(CONFIG_SYSFS) += backlight/
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SYSFS) += backlight/ display/
>
> obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT) += cfbfillrect.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA) += cfbcopyarea.o
> diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/include/linux/display.h fbdev-2.6/include/linux/display.h
> --- linus-2.6/include/linux/display.h 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
> +++ fbdev-2.6/include/linux/display.h 2006-12-04 07:42:29.000000000 -0500
> @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2006 James Simmons <jsimmons@...radead.org>
> + *
> + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> + *
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
> + * your option) any later version.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> + * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> + * General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
> + * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
> + * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
> + *
> + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> + */
> +
> +#ifndef _LINUX_DISPLAY_H
> +#define _LINUX_DISPLAY_H
> +
> +#include <linux/device.h>
> +
> +struct display_device;
> +
> +/* This structure defines all the properties of a Display. */
> +struct display_driver {
> + int (*set_power)(struct display_device *);
> + int (*get_power)(struct display_device *);
> + int (*probe)(struct display_device *, void *);
> + int (*remove)(struct display_device *);
> +};
> +
> +struct display_device {
> + struct module *owner; /* Owner module */
> + char *name;
> + struct mutex lock;
> + int request_state;
> + struct display_driver *driver;
> + struct class_device class_dev; /* The class device structure */
> +};
> +
> +extern struct display_device *display_device_register(struct display_driver *driver,
> + struct device *dev, void *devdata);
> +extern void display_device_unregister(struct display_device *dev);
> +
> +extern int probe_edid(struct display_device *dev, void *devdata);
> +
> +#define to_display_device(obj) container_of(obj, struct display_device, class_dev)
> +
> +#endif
> diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/MAINTAINERS fbdev-2.6/MAINTAINERS
> --- linus-2.6/MAINTAINERS 2006-12-04 04:11:38.000000000 -0500
> +++ fbdev-2.6/MAINTAINERS 2006-12-04 10:40:48.000000000 -0500
> @@ -911,6 +923,12 @@
> L: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> S: Maintained
>
> +DISPLAY SUBSYSTEM
> +P: James Simmons
> +M: jsimmons@...radead.org
> +L: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> +S: Maintained
> +
> DISTRIBUTED LOCK MANAGER
> P: Patrick Caulfield
> M: pcaulfie@...hat.com
>
--
Miguel Ojeda
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