replacement for fbtft "init=" section in 5.4+?

[BeauSlim]

With the removal of the "init=" code for fbtft in 5.4, is there any method to send custom strings to devices other than to patch the driver?

Many of the little TFT displays that come from random sellers require tweaks to get them working properly. Making custom "init=" strings to use inside device tree files was fiddly, but at least it avoided modifying kernel drivers.

For example, I have an st7789v based display that needs to be issued the following so it displays colour properly:

0x1000021 /* MIPI_DCS_ENTER_INVERT_MODE */

(No, this is not a 'rgb' vs 'bgr' issue.)

I am pretty sure there is no solution to this and that we're at the mercy of driver maintainers now. I just wanted to confirm.

[bm16ton]

hello, I had same problem with inverted colors using my device tree overlay without an init section, so i added one and now all is well.

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/dts-v1/;
/plugin/;

/ {
        compatible = "brcm,bcm2835", "brcm,bcm2708", "brcm,bcm2709";

        fragment@0 {
                target = <&spi0>;
                __overlay__ {
                        status = "okay";

                        spidev@0{
                                status = "disabled";
                        };

                        spidev@1{
                                status = "disabled";
                        };
                };
        };

        fragment@1 {
                target = <&gpio>;
                __overlay__ {
                        pitft_pins: pitft_pins {
                                brcm,pins = <25 27>;
                                brcm,function = <1 1>; /* out */
                                brcm,pull = <0>; /* none */
                        };
                };
        };

        fragment@2 {
                target = <&spi0>;
                __overlay__ {
                        /* needed to avoid dtc warning */
                        #address-cells = <1>;
                        #size-cells = <0>;

                        pitft: pitft@0{
                		compatible = "sitronix,st7789v";
                                reg = <0>;
                                pinctrl-names = "default";
                                pinctrl-0 = <&pitft_pins>;
                                spi-max-frequency = <48000000>;
                                rotate = <0>;
                                width = <240>;
                                height = <240>;
				fps = <30>;
                                buswidth = <8>;
                                reset-gpios = <&gpio 27 0>;
				dc-gpios = <&gpio 25 0>;
                                led-gpios = <&gpio 26 0>;
                                debug = <0>;
					
				init = <0x1000011
					0x20000ff
					0x1000036 0x70
					0x100003a 0x05
					0x10000b2 0x0c 0x0c 0x00 0x33 0x33
					0x10000b7 0x35
					0x10000bb 0x1a
					0x10000c0 0x2c
					0x10000c2 0x01
					0x10000c3 0x0b
					0x10000c4 0x20
					0x10000c6 0x0f
					0x10000d0 0xa4 0xa1
					0x1000021 
					0x10000e0 0x00 0x19 0x1E 0x0A 0x09 0x15 0x3D 0x44 0x51 0x12 0x03 0x00 0x3F 0x3F				
					0x10000e1 0x00 0x18 0x1E 0x0A 0x09 0x25 0x3F 0x43 0x52 0x33 0x03 0x00 0x3F 0x3F
					0x1000029>;
                        };
                };
        };


        __overrides__ {
                speed =   <&pitft>,"spi-max-frequency:0";
                rotate =  <&pitft>,"rotate:0";
                width =   <&pitft>,"width:0";
                height =  <&pitft>,"height:0";
                fps =     <&pitft>,"fps:0";
                debug =   <&pitft>,"debug:0";
        };
};

compile with

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dtc -@ -I dts -O dtb -o output.dtbo input.dts

add

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dtoverlay=filename,rotate=270

to /boot/config.txt

on 5.4 and newer may need to edit the the gpio sections inverting the lastbit
EXAMPLE
dc-gpios = <&gpio 25 0>;
to
dc-gpios = <&gpio 25 1>;

[DRAgon715205]

hello, I use this int , but color error

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				init = <0x1000011
					0x20000ff
					0x1000036 0x70
					0x100003a 0x05
					0x10000b2 0x0c 0x0c 0x00 0x33 0x33
					0x10000b7 0x35
					0x10000bb 0x1a
					0x10000c0 0x2c
					0x10000c2 0x01
					0x10000c3 0x0b
					0x10000c4 0x20
					0x10000c6 0x0f
					0x10000d0 0xa4 0xa1
                                        
					0x1000021 
					0x10000e0 0x00 0x19 0x1E 0x0A 0x09 0x15 0x3D 0x44 0x51 0x12 0x03 0x00 0x3F 0x3F				
					0x10000e1 0x00 0x18 0x1E 0x0A 0x09 0x25 0x3F 0x43 0x52 0x33 0x03 0x00 0x3F 0x3F
					0x1000029>;

color error


who know which is the problem?

I am use kernel 5.4 , (4.9 work well)

[PhilE]

Colour ramp images are the best way to diagnose colour map problems like this - try viewing something like https://richardrosenman.com/wp-content/ ... mage03.jpg on the Pi - but in the absence of more information it's worth adding the "bgr" property to your overlay to see if it helps:

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        bgr;

[6by9]

hello, I use this int , but color error

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				init = <0x1000011
					0x20000ff
					0x1000036 0x70
					0x100003a 0x05
					0x10000b2 0x0c 0x0c 0x00 0x33 0x33
					0x10000b7 0x35
					0x10000bb 0x1a
					0x10000c0 0x2c
					0x10000c2 0x01
					0x10000c3 0x0b
					0x10000c4 0x20
					0x10000c6 0x0f
					0x10000d0 0xa4 0xa1
                                        
					0x1000021 
					0x10000e0 0x00 0x19 0x1E 0x0A 0x09 0x15 0x3D 0x44 0x51 0x12 0x03 0x00 0x3F 0x3F				
					0x10000e1 0x00 0x18 0x1E 0x0A 0x09 0x25 0x3F 0x43 0x52 0x33 0x03 0x00 0x3F 0x3F
					0x1000029>;

color error

who know which is the problem?

I am use kernel 5.4 , (4.9 work well)

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