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Message-ID: <20230710174654.GB9196@kitsune.suse.cz>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 19:46:54 +0200
From: Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@...e.de>
To: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
Cc: Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
stable@...r.kernel.org, Cyril Brulebois <cyril@...amax.com>,
Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
Helge Deller <deller@....de>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] of: Preserve "of-display" device name for compatibility
On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 11:40:07AM -0600, Rob Herring wrote:
> Since commit 241d2fb56a18 ("of: Make OF framebuffer device names unique"),
> as spotted by Frédéric Bonnard, the historical "of-display" device is
> gone: the updated logic creates "of-display.0" instead, then as many
> "of-display.N" as required.
>
> This means that offb no longer finds the expected device, which prevents
> the Debian Installer from setting up its interface, at least on ppc64el.
>
> Fix this by keeping "of-display" for the first device and "of-display.N"
> for subsequent devices.
>
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217328
> Link: https://bugs.debian.org/1033058
> Fixes: 241d2fb56a18 ("of: Make OF framebuffer device names unique")
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Cyril Brulebois <cyril@...amax.com>
> Cc: Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
This is exclusive with the other patchset that updates the other side:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230412095509.2196162-1-cyril@debamax.com/
Reviewed-by: Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@...e.de>
Thanks
Michal
> ---
> drivers/of/platform.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
> index 051e29b7ad2b..0c3475e7d2ff 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/platform.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
> @@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
> if (!of_get_property(node, "linux,opened", NULL) ||
> !of_get_property(node, "linux,boot-display", NULL))
> continue;
> - dev = of_platform_device_create(node, "of-display.0", NULL);
> + dev = of_platform_device_create(node, "of-display", NULL);
> of_node_put(node);
> if (WARN_ON(!dev))
> return -ENOMEM;
> --
> 2.40.1
>
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