CC - Nikolaus Schaller

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Tomi Valkeinen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 24/09/13 23:04, Belisko Marek wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> we're using connector-analog-tv driver to enable TV out on gta04
>> board. There is exception that we need to change some twl registers +
>> some gpio when enable/disable TV output. My question is if there is
>> some way how to do that or do we need to copy'n'paste code from
>> connector-analog-tv driver and extend it for handling we need (let's
>> call it hack)?
>
> What are those TWL registers and GPIO used for? If they are board
> specific things, then I see two options:
>
> - Presuming you're using board files, you could add
> platform_enable/disable callbacks to the connector's platform_data, and
> make the connector driver call those callbacks.
>
> - Create a new display encoder driver, which handles the TWL and GPIO,
> and position it in the video pipeline between VENC and the connector.
>
> The first option is obviously not upstreamable, as it won't work with
> DT. And I'm not enthusiastic about merging board specific display
> drivers either, but so far I haven't figured better ways to implement
> board specific oddities.
>
>  Tomi
>
>

marek

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