On 13/05/2024 11:34, Johan Adolfsson wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlow...@linaro.org> >> Sent: den 22 april 2024 22:57 >> To: Johan Adolfsson <johan.adolfs...@axis.com>; Neil Armstrong >> <neil.armstr...@linaro.org>; Jessica Zhang <quic_jessz...@quicinc.com>; Sam >> Ravnborg <s...@ravnborg.org>; Maarten Lankhorst >> <maarten.lankho...@linux.intel.com>; Maxime Ripard <mrip...@kernel.org>; >> Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmerm...@suse.de>; David Airlie <airl...@gmail.com>; >> Daniel Vetter <dan...@ffwll.ch>; Rob Herring <robh...@kernel.org>; Krzysztof >> Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski...@linaro.org>; Conor Dooley >> <conor...@kernel.org>; Thierry Reding <thierry.red...@gmail.com> >> Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org; linux-ker...@vger.kernel.org; >> devicet...@vger.kernel.org; kernel <ker...@axis.com> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: panel-simple-dsi: Add generic >> panel-dsi> >> >> On 22/04/2024 16:34, Johan Adolfsson wrote: >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlow...@linaro.org> >>> Sent: den 19 april 2024 01:05 >>> To: Johan Adolfsson <johan.adolfs...@axis.com>; Neil Armstrong > .. >>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] dt-bindings: panel-simple-dsi: Add generic >>> panel-dsi >>> >>>> On 18/04/2024 16:01, Johan Adolfsson wrote: >>>>> panel-dsi is similar to panel-dpi with overridable timings >>>> >>>> ??? >>> >>> I guess a more correct description would be "panel-dsi is a fallback >>> in a similar way that panel-dpi is in panel-dpi.yaml .."? >> >> I meant how does it explain the hardware. > > In our case it's actually an FPGA that takes MIPI DSI input and can support > multiple different kind of displays, and what I want to achieve > is to avoid specifying a lot of different panel timings in the driver and > have that in devicetree instead. > I appreciate any suggestions on how to phrase that in an acceptable manner. > >>> ... >>>>> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-simple-dsi.y >>>>> am >>>>> l >>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-simple-d >>>>> +++ si >>>>> +++ .yaml >>>>> @@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ properties: >>>>> - samsung,sofef00 >>>>> # Shangai Top Display Optoelectronics 7" TL070WSH30 1024x600 TFT >>>>> LCD panel >>>>> - tdo,tl070wsh30 >>>>> + # Generic dsi panel with timing overridable >>>>> + - panel-dsi >>>> >>>> ? Devices are not generic. This is very confusing and commit msg does not >>>> help me. Compatibles *must* be specific, see writing-bindings. >>> >>> I guess I see this a generic fallback, that handles any dsi panel as >>> long as the correct timing etc is specified in devictree, similar to what >>> panel-dpi is in panel-dpi.yaml Maybe phrasing it similar to panel-dpi.yaml >>> is better? >> >> But panel-dpi is quite different. You always have two compatibles. I don't >> see two compatibles here. > > It doesn't really need two compatibles (in practice at least), the new > generic panel-dsi could be enough - I do believe that devices can be generic, > but I admit that I'm not really "fluent" in devicetree and binding > descriptions.
I guess the first comment brought here a bit of naming issue... The bindings are not "generic". Best regards, Krzysztof
