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authorHans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>2014-11-18 06:10:50 -0500
committerTomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>2014-11-26 03:17:42 -0500
commit5d85a8478ec8a1956f08ad72d1601a3c5cb60b1e (patch)
treed0c521f934f33ad841891f22ad599cc790cae67b
parent8284731eb59e843a0608baf18828e0ad0d7f9d79 (diff)
dt-bindings: simplefb: Drop the advice about using a specific path for nodes
This goes contrary to how devicetree usually works, so drop it. Instead if the firmware needs to be able to find a specific node it should use a platform specific compatible + properties for this. Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com> Acked-by: Grant Likely <grant.likely@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Tomi Valkeinen <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/simple-framebuffer.txt10
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/simple-framebuffer.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/simple-framebuffer.txt
index f8fb7e6e5609..4474ef6e0b95 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/simple-framebuffer.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/video/simple-framebuffer.txt
@@ -31,12 +31,10 @@ enable them. This way if e.g. later on support for more display clocks get
31added, the simplefb nodes will already contain this info and the firmware 31added, the simplefb nodes will already contain this info and the firmware
32does not need to be updated. 32does not need to be updated.
33 33
34If pre-filled framebuffer nodes are used, they should be named 34If pre-filled framebuffer nodes are used, the firmware may need extra
35"framebuffer#-<output>", e.g. "framebuffer0-hdmi". The output should be 35information to find the right node. In that case an extra platform specific
36included in the name since different outputs typically require different 36compatible and platform specific properties should be used and documented,
37clocks and the clocks are part of the pre-populated nodes. The firmware must 37see e.g. simple-framebuffer-sunxi.txt .
38rename the nodes to the standard "framebuffer@<address>" name using the
39runtime chosen address when enabling the nodes.
40 38
41Required properties: 39Required properties:
42- compatible: "simple-framebuffer" 40- compatible: "simple-framebuffer"