linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] auxdisplay: linedisp: Group display drivers together

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdXDzKqTUHXE0JyKiAAqGtEoAE+cYQGboLCUzjpc52HCgg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 17:03:10 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	Robin van der Gracht <robin@...tonic.nl>, Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] auxdisplay: linedisp: Group display drivers together

Hi Andy,

On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 5:00 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 04:28:20PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 6:03 PM Andy Shevchenko
> > <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > For better usability group the display drivers together in Kconfig
> > > and Makefile. With this we will have the following sections:
> > >   - Character LCD
> > >   - Samsung KS0108 LCD controller
> > >   - Single character line display
> > >   - Character LCD with non-conforming interface
>
> ...
>
> > > +config HT16K33
> > > +       tristate "Holtek Ht16K33 LED controller with keyscan"
> >
> > HT16K33 also supports dot-matrix displays using fbdev...
> > Yes, categorizing is difficult.
>
> So, what to do here?

Create a new section for multi-function displays?

>
> ...
>
> > I still think these should be sorted alphabetically.
>
> Okay.

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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