> > of Mr. Yu for acpi. Also this class could in time replace the lcd class
> > located in the backlight directory since a lcd is a type of display.
> > The final hope is that the purpose auxdisplay could fall under this
> > catergory.
> >
> > P.S
> > I know the edid parsing would have to be pulled out of the fbdev layer.
That patch was rought draft for feedback. I applied your comments. This
patch actually works. It includes my backlight fix as well.
diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/acpi/video.c fbdev-2.6/drivers/acpi/video.c
--- linus-2.6/drivers/acpi/video.c 2006-11-07 05:38:34.000000000 -0500
+++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/acpi/video.c 2006-12-06 05:01:22.000000000 -0500
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
+#include <linux/display.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
@@ -154,6 +155,19 @@
int *levels;
};
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC) || defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC_MODULE)
+static int acpi_display_get_power(struct display_device *dev)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int acpi_display_set_power(struct display_device *dev)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
struct acpi_video_device {
unsigned long device_id;
struct acpi_video_device_flags flags;
@@ -162,6 +176,10 @@
struct acpi_video_bus *video;
struct acpi_device *dev;
struct acpi_video_device_brightness *brightness;
+#if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC) || defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC_MODULE)
+ struct display_driver acpi_display_driver;
+ struct display_device *display;
+#endif
};
/* bus */
@@ -399,6 +417,24 @@
return status;
}
+#if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC) || defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC_MODULE)
+static void *acpi_display_get_EDID(struct acpi_video_device *dev)
+{
+ union acpi_object *edid = NULL;
+ void *data = NULL;
+ int status;
+
+ status = acpi_video_device_EDID(dev, &edid, 128);
+ if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
+ status = acpi_video_device_EDID(dev, &edid, 256);
+
+ if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status))
+ if (edid && edid->type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER)
+ data = edid->buffer.pointer;
+ return data;
+}
+#endif
+
/* bus */
static int
@@ -1255,7 +1291,6 @@
int status;
struct acpi_video_device *data;
-
if (!device || !video)
return -EINVAL;
@@ -1263,12 +1298,10 @@
acpi_evaluate_integer(device->handle, "_ADR", NULL, &device_id);
if (ACPI_SUCCESS(status)) {
- data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_video_device), GFP_KERNEL);
+ data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_video_device), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!data)
return -ENOMEM;
- memset(data, 0, sizeof(struct acpi_video_device));
-
strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_VIDEO_DEVICE_NAME);
strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_VIDEO_CLASS);
acpi_driver_data(device) = data;
@@ -1295,6 +1328,13 @@
acpi_video_device_bind(video, data);
acpi_video_device_find_cap(data);
+#if defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC) || defined(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC_MODULE)
+ data->acpi_display_driver.get_power = acpi_display_get_power;
+ data->acpi_display_driver.set_power = acpi_display_set_power;
+ data->acpi_display_driver.probe = probe_edid;
+ data->display = display_device_register(&data->acpi_display_driver,
+ NULL, acpi_display_get_EDID(data));
+#endif
status = acpi_install_notify_handler(device->handle,
ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
acpi_video_device_notify,
diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig fbdev-2.6/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig
--- linus-2.6/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig 2006-12-05 05:07:18.000000000 -0500
+++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/macintosh/Kconfig 2006-12-06 05:01:22.000000000 -0500
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
config PMAC_BACKLIGHT
bool "Backlight control for LCD screens"
depends on ADB_PMU && FB = y && (BROKEN || !PPC64)
- select FB_BACKLIGHT
+ select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
help
Say Y here to enable Macintosh specific extensions of the generic
backlight code. With this enabled, the brightness keys on older
diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-ddc.c fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-ddc.c
--- linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-ddc.c 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-ddc.c 2006-12-06 04:31:24.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * display-ddc.c - EDID parsing code
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 James Simmons <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ */
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/display.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+
+#include <linux/fb.h>
+
+int probe_edid(struct display_device *dev, void *data)
+{
+ struct fb_monspecs spec;
+ ssize_t size;
+
+ if (!data)
+ return 0;
+ size = sizeof(spec.manufacturer) + sizeof(spec.monitor) + sizeof(spec.ascii);
+ dev->name = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ fb_edid_to_monspecs((unsigned char *) data, &spec);
+ strcpy(dev->name, spec.manufacturer);
+ return snprintf(dev->name, size, "%s %s %s\n", spec.manufacturer,
+ spec.monitor, spec.ascii);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(probe_edid);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Display Hardware handling");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("James Simmons <[email protected]>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c
--- linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/display-sysfs.c 2006-12-06 04:32:15.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/*
+ * display.c - Display output driver
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 James Simmons <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ */
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/display.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+
+static ssize_t display_show_name(struct class_device *dev, char *buf)
+{
+ struct display_device *dsp = to_display_device(dev);
+ return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%s\n", dsp->name);
+}
+
+static ssize_t display_show_power(struct class_device *dev, char *buf)
+{
+ struct display_device *dsp = to_display_device(dev);
+ ssize_t ret = -ENXIO;
+
+ mutex_lock(&dsp->lock);
+ if (likely(dsp->driver->get_power))
+ ret = sprintf(buf,"%.8x\n", dsp->driver->get_power(dsp));
+ mutex_unlock(&dsp->lock);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static ssize_t display_store_power(struct class_device *dev,
+ const char *buf,size_t count)
+{
+ struct display_device *dsp = to_display_device(dev);
+ size_t size;
+ char *endp;
+ int power;
+
+ power = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
+ size = endp - buf;
+ if (*endp && isspace(*endp))
+ size++;
+ if (size != count)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ mutex_lock(&dsp->lock);
+ if (likely(dsp->driver->set_power)) {
+ dsp->request_state = power;
+ dsp->driver->set_power(dsp);
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&dsp->lock);
+ return count;
+}
+
+static void display_class_release(struct class_device *dev)
+{
+ struct display_device *dsp = to_display_device(dev);
+ kfree(dsp);
+}
+
+static struct class_device_attribute display_attributes[] = {
+ __ATTR(name, S_IRUGO, display_show_name, NULL),
+ __ATTR(power, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, display_show_power, display_store_power),
+};
+
+static struct class display_class = {
+ .name = "display",
+ .release = display_class_release,
+ .class_dev_attrs = display_attributes,
+};
+
+static int index;
+
+struct display_device *display_device_register(struct display_driver *driver,
+ struct device *dev, void *devdata)
+{
+ struct display_device *new_dev;
+ int ret = -ENOMEM, i;
+
+ if (unlikely(!driver))
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+ new_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct display_device), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (likely(new_dev) && unlikely(driver->probe(new_dev, devdata))) {
+ mutex_init(&new_dev->lock);
+ new_dev->driver = driver;
+ new_dev->class_dev.class = &display_class;
+ new_dev->class_dev.dev = dev;
+ sprintf(new_dev->class_dev.class_id, "display%d", index++);
+ class_set_devdata(&new_dev->class_dev, devdata);
+ ret = class_device_register(&new_dev->class_dev);
+
+ if (likely(ret)) {
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(display_attributes); i++) {
+ ret = class_device_create_file(&new_dev->class_dev,
+ &display_attributes[i]);
+ if (unlikely(ret)) {
+ while (--i >= 0)
+ class_device_remove_file(&new_dev->class_dev,
+ &display_attributes[i]);
+ class_device_unregister(&new_dev->class_dev);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ if (unlikely(ret)) {
+ kfree(new_dev);
+ new_dev = ERR_PTR(ret);
+ }
+ return new_dev;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(display_device_register);
+
+void display_device_unregister(struct display_device *dev)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ if (!dev)
+ return;
+ mutex_lock(&dev->lock);
+ dev->driver = NULL;
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(display_attributes); i++)
+ class_device_remove_file(&dev->class_dev,
+ &display_attributes[i]);
+ mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
+ class_device_unregister(&dev->class_dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(display_device_unregister);
+
+static void __exit display_class_exit(void)
+{
+ class_unregister(&display_class);
+}
+
+static int __init display_class_init(void)
+{
+ return class_register(&display_class);
+}
+
+postcore_initcall(display_class_init);
+module_exit(display_class_exit);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Display Hardware handling");
+MODULE_AUTHOR("James Simmons <[email protected]>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/Kconfig fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/Kconfig
--- linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/Kconfig 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/Kconfig 2006-12-06 04:50:40.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#
+# Display drivers configuration
+#
+
+menu "Display device support"
+
+config DISPLAY_SUPPORT
+ tristate "Display panel/monitor support"
+ ---help---
+ This framework adds support for low-level control of a display.
+ This includes support for power.
+
+ Enable this to be able to choose the drivers for controlling the
+ physical display panel/monitor on some platforms. This not only
+ covers LCD displays for PDAs but also other types of displays
+ such as CRT, TVout etc.
+
+ To have support for your specific display panel you will have to
+ select the proper drivers which depend on this option.
+
+config DISPLAY_DDC
+ tristate "Enable EDID parsing"
+ ---help---
+ Enable EDID parsing
+
+comment "Display hardware drivers"
+ depends on DISPLAY_SUPPORT
+
+endmenu
diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/Makefile fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/Makefile
--- linus-2.6/drivers/video/display/Makefile 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/display/Makefile 2006-12-06 04:54:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Display drivers
+
+display-objs := display-sysfs.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_DISPLAY_SUPPORT) += display.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_DISPLAY_DDC) += display-ddc.o
diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/Kconfig fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/Kconfig
--- linus-2.6/drivers/video/Kconfig 2006-11-30 05:06:13.000000000 -0500
+++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/Kconfig 2006-12-06 05:01:22.000000000 -0500
@@ -4,20 +4,10 @@
menu "Graphics support"
-config FIRMWARE_EDID
- bool "Enable firmware EDID"
- default y
- ---help---
- This enables access to the EDID transferred from the firmware.
- On the i386, this is from the Video BIOS. Enable this if DDC/I2C
- transfers do not work for your driver and if you are using
- nvidiafb, i810fb or savagefb.
-
- In general, choosing Y for this option is safe. If you
- experience extremely long delays while booting before you get
- something on your display, try setting this to N. Matrox cards in
- combination with certain motherboards and monitors are known to
- suffer from this problem.
+if SYSFS
+ source "drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig"
+ source "drivers/video/display/Kconfig"
+endif
config FB
tristate "Support for frame buffer devices"
@@ -53,6 +43,22 @@
(e.g. an accelerated X server) and that are not frame buffer
device-aware may cause unexpected results. If unsure, say N.
+config FIRMWARE_EDID
+ bool "Enable firmware EDID"
+ depends on FB
+ default n
+ ---help---
+ This enables access to the EDID transferred from the firmware.
+ On the i386, this is from the Video BIOS. Enable this if DDC/I2C
+ transfers do not work for your driver and if you are using
+ nvidiafb, i810fb or savagefb.
+
+ In general, choosing Y for this option is safe. If you
+ experience extremely long delays while booting before you get
+ something on your display, try setting this to N. Matrox cards in
+ combination with certain motherboards and monitors are known to
+ suffer from this problem.
+
config FB_DDC
tristate
depends on FB && I2C && I2C_ALGOBIT
@@ -90,13 +96,6 @@
depends on FB
default n
-config FB_BACKLIGHT
- bool
- depends on FB
- select BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT
- select BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
- default n
-
config FB_MODE_HELPERS
bool "Enable Video Mode Handling Helpers"
depends on FB
@@ -126,6 +125,9 @@
This is particularly important to one driver, matroxfb. If
unsure, say N.
+comment "Frambuffer hardware drivers"
+ depends on FB
+
config FB_CIRRUS
tristate "Cirrus Logic support"
depends on FB && (ZORRO || PCI)
@@ -551,6 +553,7 @@
select FB_CFB_FILLRECT
select FB_CFB_COPYAREA
select FB_CFB_IMAGEBLIT
+ select VIDEO_SELECT
help
This is the frame buffer device driver for generic VESA 2.0
compliant graphic cards. The older VESA 1.2 cards are not supported.
@@ -728,8 +731,7 @@
config FB_NVIDIA_BACKLIGHT
bool "Support for backlight control"
- depends on FB_NVIDIA && PMAC_BACKLIGHT
- select FB_BACKLIGHT
+ depends on FB_NVIDIA && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
default y
help
Say Y here if you want to control the backlight of your display.
@@ -775,8 +777,7 @@
config FB_RIVA_BACKLIGHT
bool "Support for backlight control"
- depends on FB_RIVA && PMAC_BACKLIGHT
- select FB_BACKLIGHT
+ depends on FB_RIVA && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
default y
help
Say Y here if you want to control the backlight of your display.
@@ -1049,8 +1050,7 @@
config FB_RADEON_BACKLIGHT
bool "Support for backlight control"
- depends on FB_RADEON && PMAC_BACKLIGHT
- select FB_BACKLIGHT
+ depends on FB_RADEON && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
default y
help
Say Y here if you want to control the backlight of your display.
@@ -1081,8 +1081,7 @@
config FB_ATY128_BACKLIGHT
bool "Support for backlight control"
- depends on FB_ATY128 && PMAC_BACKLIGHT
- select FB_BACKLIGHT
+ depends on FB_ATY128 && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
default y
help
Say Y here if you want to control the backlight of your display.
@@ -1131,8 +1130,7 @@
config FB_ATY_BACKLIGHT
bool "Support for backlight control"
- depends on FB_ATY && PMAC_BACKLIGHT
- select FB_BACKLIGHT
+ depends on FB_ATY && BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE
default y
help
Say Y here if you want to control the backlight of your display.
@@ -1632,6 +1630,7 @@
the vfb_enable=1 option.
If unsure, say N.
+
if VT
source "drivers/video/console/Kconfig"
endif
@@ -1640,9 +1639,5 @@
source "drivers/video/logo/Kconfig"
endif
-if SYSFS
- source "drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig"
-endif
-
endmenu
diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/drivers/video/Makefile fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/Makefile
--- linus-2.6/drivers/video/Makefile 2006-11-07 05:38:36.000000000 -0500
+++ fbdev-2.6/drivers/video/Makefile 2006-12-06 05:01:22.000000000 -0500
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
obj-$(CONFIG_VT) += console/
obj-$(CONFIG_LOGO) += logo/
-obj-$(CONFIG_SYSFS) += backlight/
+obj-$(CONFIG_SYSFS) += backlight/ display/
obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CFB_FILLRECT) += cfbfillrect.o
obj-$(CONFIG_FB_CFB_COPYAREA) += cfbcopyarea.o
diff -urN -X fbdev-2.6/Documentation/dontdiff linus-2.6/include/linux/display.h fbdev-2.6/include/linux/display.h
--- linus-2.6/include/linux/display.h 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500
+++ fbdev-2.6/include/linux/display.h 2006-12-05 14:43:54.000000000 -0500
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 James Simmons <[email protected]>
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_DISPLAY_H
+#define _LINUX_DISPLAY_H
+
+#include <linux/device.h>
+
+struct display_device;
+
+/* This structure defines all the properties of a Display. */
+struct display_driver {
+ int (*set_power)(struct display_device *);
+ int (*get_power)(struct display_device *);
+ int (*probe)(struct display_device *, void *);
+ int (*remove)(struct display_device *);
+};
+
+struct display_device {
+ struct module *owner; /* Owner module */
+ char *name;
+ struct mutex lock;
+ int request_state;
+ struct display_driver *driver;
+ struct class_device class_dev; /* The class device structure */
+};
+
+extern struct display_device *display_device_register(struct display_driver *driver,
+ struct device *dev, void *devdata);
+extern void display_device_unregister(struct display_device *dev);
+
+extern int probe_edid(struct display_device *dev, void *devdata);
+
+#define to_display_device(obj) container_of(obj, struct display_device, class_dev)
+
+#endif
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