linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] OMAPDSS: restore "name" sysfs entry.

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Date:	Wed, 25 Feb 2015 07:31:31 +1100
From:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
Cc:	<linux-omap@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	GTA04 owners <gta04-owner@...delico.com>,
	"Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] OMAPDSS: restore "name" sysfs entry.

On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 12:40:32 +0200 Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@...com>
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On 24/02/15 11:37, NeilBrown wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > commit 303e4697e762dc92a40405f4e4b8aac02cd0d70b
> >     OMAPDSS: rename display-sysfs 'name' entry
> > 
> > broke the xorg X server on my device as it couldn't find the display
> > any more.  It needs the 'name' file and now there isn't one.
> > 
> > That commit claims that 'name' is not compatible with i2c or spi.
> > i2c does register it own 'name' file, but spi does not, hence my
> > problem - I have an spi display.
> > 
> > So create a special case for i2c: add the name attribute for non-i2c
> > devices.
> 
> What X driver is that? What's it doing with the display name? Is it just
> using the display name to show something for the user, and the returned
> value can be essentially any string?
> 
>  Tomi
> 
> 
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/omapfb_drv.so
from package xserver-xorg-video-omap3 in Debian.

I don't know where the main upstream source is, but here:

https://gitorious.org/gnutoo-s-programs-for-shr/xf86-video-omapfb/source/28c006c94e57ea71df11ec4fff79d7ffcfc4860f:src/omapfb-output-dss.c#L258

is the code which reads
   /sys/devices/platform/omapdss/display0/name
and fails if that file cannot be opened.

Thanks,
NeilBrown

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