linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] drm/dsi: Try to match non-DT dsi devices

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Date:	Mon, 07 Dec 2015 12:07:46 +0200
From:	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Archit Taneja <architt@...eaurora.org>,
	dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, daniel@...ll.ch
Cc:	a.hajda@...sung.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	airlied@...ux.ie, treding@...dia.com, l.stach@...gutronix.de,
	robh@...nel.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] drm/dsi: Try to match non-DT dsi devices

On Mon, 07 Dec 2015, Archit Taneja <architt@...eaurora.org> wrote:
> On 12/07/2015 02:40 PM, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> On Mon, 07 Dec 2015, Archit Taneja <architt@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>>> On 12/07/2015 02:15 PM, Jani Nikula wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 07 Dec 2015, Archit Taneja <architt@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>>>>> Any suggestions on how to fix this? Is it ok to make DRM_MIPI_DSI
>>>>> depend on CONFIG_OF?
>>>>
>>>> Please don't.
>>>
>>> Just curious, how did x86 use DSI if the only way to create DSI devices
>>> until now was via DT?
>>
>> Oh, you want the gory details... we use the DSI code as a library for
>> abstraction and helpers, without actually creating or registering the
>> devices.
>
> Okay, got it. I'll go with the IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF) approach.

Thanks, appreciated, so i915 doesn't need to depend on OF.

> Humble request: Next time if I share something that doesn't make sense, 
> please reply with something more than a "Please don't". That just sounds
> condescending and doesn't really help me with my cause either.

That's a fair request, no need to be humble about it. Apologies.

BR,
Jani.


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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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