The schedule for deprecating the features of the pre-driver-model puts
2019.17 as the deadline for the video subsystem. Furthermore, the latest
patches applied to the am335x-fb.c module have decreased the amount of
code shared with the pre-driver-model implementation. Splitting the two
implementations into two modules improves the readability of the code
and will make it easier to drop the pre-driver-model code.
I have not created a header file with the data structures and the
constants for accessing the LCD controller registers, but I preferred to
keep them inside the two c modules. This is a code replication until the
pre-driver-model version is dropped.
Signed-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dariobin@libero.it>
The previous version of am335x-fb.c contained the functionalities of two
drivers that this patch has split. It was a video type driver that used
the same registration compatible string that now registers a panel type
driver. The proof of this is that two compatible strings were referred
to within the same driver.
There are now two drivers, each with its own compatible string,
functions and API.
Furthermore, the panel driver, in addition to decoding the display
timings, is now also able to manage the backlight.
Signed-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dariobin@libero.it>
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
