[PATCH 2/2] powerpc/85xx: p1022ds: enable monitor switching via pixis indirect mode

Scott Wood scottwood at freescale.com
Fri Nov 18 08:37:33 EST 2011


On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 12:57:39PM -0600, Timur Tabi wrote:
> When the P1022's DIU video controller is active, the pixis must be accessed
> in "indirect" mode, which uses localbus chip select addresses.
> 
> Switching between the DVI and LVDS monitor ports is handled by the pixis,
> so that switching needs to be done via indirect mode.
> 
> This has the side-effect of no longer requiring U-Boot to enable the DIU.
> Now Linux can enable the DIU all by itself.

Under what circumstances does Linux do this?  How does Linux prevent the
NOR flash driver from binding to the device when this mode has been or
will be used?

-Scott



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