Re: [PATCH 02/28] dt-bindings: ascii-lcd: Document a binding for simple ASCII LCDs

From: Rob Herring
Date: Mon Nov 30 2015 - 13:58:24 EST


On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 04:21:27PM +0000, Paul Burton wrote:
> Add documentation for a devicetree binding for simple memory-mapped
> ASCII LCD displays, such as those found on the Imagination Technologies
> Boston & Malta development boards.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ascii-lcd.txt | 10 ++++++++++

This should go under bindings/display/.

> MAINTAINERS | 5 +++++
> 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ascii-lcd.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ascii-lcd.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ascii-lcd.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..40ae536
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ascii-lcd.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> +Binding for simple memory-mapped ASCII LCD displays

Presumably, this is a binding for the controller, not the actual
display. You need to more fully describe what the h/w looks like here.
Like what is the interface between the controller and display?

Rob

> +
> +Required properties:
> +- compatible : should be one of:
> + "img,boston-lcd"
> + "mti,malta-lcd"
> +- reg : memory region locating the device registers
> +
> +The layout of the registers & properties of the display are determined
> +from the compatible string, making this binding somewhat trivial.
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index cba790b..1e2b74b 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -1782,6 +1782,11 @@ S: Maintained
> F: Documentation/hwmon/asc7621
> F: drivers/hwmon/asc7621.c
>
> +ASCII LCD DRIVER
> +M: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +S: Maintained
> +F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ascii-lcd.txt
> +
> ASUS NOTEBOOKS AND EEEPC ACPI/WMI EXTRAS DRIVERS
> M: Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@xxxxxxxxx>
> L: acpi4asus-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> --
> 2.6.2
>
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