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SubjectRe: [PATCH RESEND 00/16] Support TI LMU devices
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On 11/3/2015 5:33 PM, Lee Jones wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Nov 2015, Kim, Milo wrote:
>
>> Hi Lee,
>>
>> On 11/2/2015 5:59 PM, Lee Jones wrote:
>>>> drivers/video/backlight/Kconfig | 62 ++
>>>>> drivers/video/backlight/Makefile | 7 +
>>>>> drivers/video/backlight/lm3532_bl.c | 183 +++++
>>>>> drivers/video/backlight/lm3631_bl.c | 129 ++++
>>>>> drivers/video/backlight/lm3632_bl.c | 125 ++++
>>>>> drivers/video/backlight/lm3633_bl.c | 210 ++++++
>>>>> drivers/video/backlight/lm3695_bl.c | 91 +++
>>>>> drivers/video/backlight/lm3697_bl.c | 187 +++++
>>>>> drivers/video/backlight/ti-lmu-backlight.c | 429 ++++++++++++
>>>>> drivers/video/backlight/ti-lmu-backlight.h | 152 +++++
>>> How different are all of these drivers?
>>>
>>> Can you create one driver that supports them all instead?
>>>
>>
>> Thanks for your suggestion.
>>
>> 'ti-lmu-backlight' is the common part of lmxxxx_bl drivers. And each
>> lmxxx_bl has its own operation functions by using ti_lmu_bl_ops.
>> I've tried to make consolidated driver but it contained too much
>> device specific code in one file. So I prefer simple drivers
>> structure - 'common part' and 'device specific operations'.
>> It would be appreciated if you could introduce better idea.
>
> I wish to avoid having to apply the patches to conduct my own analysis
> of the files, as I am severely restricted on time. Can you tell me how
> much duplicated code there is between the files? How many lines would
> be saved by supporting all of the lm* drivers in a single file?
>

Understood. Let me try it again. I'll get back to you soon.
Thanks for your help.

Best regards,
Milo


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