Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] [media] of: move graph helpers from drivers/media/v4l2-core to drivers/of

[Tomi Valkeinen]

On 10/03/14 10:58, Andrzej Hajda wrote:

> I want to propose another solution to simplify bindings, in fact I have
> few ideas to consider:
> 
> 1. Use named ports instead of address-cells/regs. Ie instead of
> port@number schema, use port-function. This will allow to avoid ports
> node and #address-cells, #size-cells, reg properties.
> Additionally it should increase readability of the bindings.
> 
> device {
> 	port-dsi {
> 		endpoint { ... };
> 	};
> 	port-rgb {
> 		endpoint { ... };
> 	};
> };
> 
> It is little bit like with gpios vs reset-gpios properties.
> Another advantage I see we do not need do mappings of port numbers
> to functions between dts, drivers and documentation.

That makes it more difficult to iterate the ports. You need to go
through all the nodes and use partial name matching. I think for things
like gpios, the driver always gives the full name, so there's no need
for any kind of partial matching or searching.

It looks nice when just looking at the DT, though.

 Tomi

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