Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [PATCH 08/12] DSS: support for Beagle Board

[Tomi V. <tom...@no...>]

On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 03:14 -0800, ext David Brownell wrote:
> On Monday 12 January 2009, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:
> >  arch/arm/configs/dss_omap3_beagle_defconfig | 1437 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> This is a complete replacement.  The patch would be a lot
> more comprehensible if changed the standard config to just
> add support for this board's video options (DVI and S-Video).

The dss_* defconfigs were actually just for my own use. I seem to have
forgotten them there. Well, they can serve as examples though.

> 
> Also it'd be good to have a brief textual summary of what
> each board's default video config is; maybe one of those
> little multicolumn charts as in your first patch, with a
> one sentence summary.  (In the board-*.c file.)

Well, perhaps. But on the other hand, there are no descriptions of other
hardware components either. But I agree that, at least for the time
being, we could have description of the boards display interfaces to
make validation and review easier.

> Note that after this merges, some work will be needed to
> make the regulator framework handle the power switching.
> Such logic should move out of board files (except for
> setting up "S-Video is supplied using the twl VDAC").
> It's not quite time for that yet; heads-up, that's all.
> 
> - Dave
> 

 Tomi