Re: Proposal for a low-level Linux display framework

2011-09-21 Thread Patrik Jakobsson
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Tomi Valkeinen wrote: > I don't know what MCS is. MCS is manufacturer specific commands (Manufacturer Command Set). > But DSI is just a bi-directional transfer > protocol between the SoC and the peripheral, you can send arbitrary data > over it. > > Normally the S

Re: Proposal for a low-level Linux display framework

2011-09-21 Thread Patrik Jakobsson
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Keith Packard wrote: > I'm not sure we need a new abstraction that subsumes both DSI and SDVO, Ok. SDVO fits within the current abstraction, but I guess what I'm fishing for is more code sharing of encoders. For instance, the SDVO code in GMA500 could be shared wit

Re: Proposal for a low-level Linux display framework

2011-09-20 Thread Patrik Jakobsson
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Tomi Valkeinen wrote: >> So DSI is more like i2c than the DisplayPort aux channel or DDC. That > > Well, not quite. DSI is like DisplayPort and DisplayPort aux combined; > there's only one bus, DSI, which is used to transfer video data and > commands. > > For DSI vi