fbdev: display class

Add the new display class.  This is meant to unite the various solutions to
display units ie acpi output device, auxdisplay and the defunct lcd class
in the backlight directory.

Signed-off-by: James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 61 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/display.h b/include/linux/display.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3bf70d639728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/display.h
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (C) 2006 James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org>
+ *
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ *  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_contrast)(struct display_device *, unsigned int);
+        int  (*get_contrast)(struct display_device *);
+        void (*suspend)(struct display_device *, pm_message_t state);
+        void (*resume)(struct display_device *);
+        int  (*probe)(struct display_device *, void *);
+        int  (*remove)(struct display_device *);
+        int  max_contrast;
+};
+
+struct display_device {
+        struct module *owner;                   /* Owner module */
+        struct display_driver *driver;
+        struct device *parent;                  /* This is the parent */
+        struct device *dev;                     /* This is this display device */
+        struct mutex lock;
+        void *priv_data;
+        char type[16];
+        char *name;
+        int idx;
+};
+
+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