Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] Runtime Interpreted Power Sequences

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 12:54:20PM +0300, Tomi Valkeinen wrote:

However, if we already have a generic driver for that type of panel,
(which we would need anyway for the DT based approach), the developer
only needs to add the name of the panel and the data for the power
sequence to the panel driver's database, which is about the same amount
of work as with DT.

So it's really just a question of where to put the data in question, DT
or driver. Both contain the same data, and the data structure may also
be the same. In DT's case it just needs to be parsed first, whereas in
database case you'll enter the data in structs.

I think the device tree idiomatic way of doing this is to have a bunch
of .dtsi files for the panels which then get included by reference in
the board files.  This isn't helpful to people working on non-DT
architectures though.