[PATCH 7/9] staging: panel: Refactor LCD init code

Willy Tarreau w at 1wt.eu
Tue Nov 18 22:59:38 UTC 2014


On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:51:08PM +0100, Mariusz Gorski wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:23:26PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 09:56:12PM +0100, Mariusz Gorski wrote:
> > > Rework lcd_init method to make it a little bit more clear about
> > > the precedence of the params, move LCD geometry and pins layout
> > > to the LCD struct and thus make the LCD-related module params
> > > effectively read-only.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Mariusz Gorski <marius.gorski at gmail.com>
> > 
> > Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w at 1wt.eu>
> > 
> > I like this refactoring. However I don't know if you got your LCD module
> > to work or not, but for such important changes you should definitely test
> > the code, since it's very easy to introduce minor bugs or even to fix a
> > bug that used to make the whole driver work...
> > 
> > Willy
> >
> Yes, I have tested this code with my LCD module and it works
> as before.

great!

> This is what I've emphasized in the cover letter -
> - I made sure (and tested), that all lcd and keypad params are
> set to the same state as before this patch series, and that
> the current behaviour of the module doesn't change. I've tested
> all profile/lcd_type combinations in an automated way to catch
> any edge cases :)

"tested" was not mentionned in the cover letter, hence my asking :-)

Willy



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