Re: [PATCH v3 5/7] dt-bindings: display: Add common rotation property

From: Thierry Reding
Date: Mon Feb 06 2017 - 02:10:50 EST


On Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 01:16:45PM +0100, Noralf TrÃnnes wrote:
> Thierry, please have a look at this.
> In which direction should we rotate to match how drm rotation works?
>
>
> Den 01.02.2017 18.41, skrev Rob Herring:
> > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 05:03:17PM +0100, Noralf TrÃnnes wrote:
> > > Display panels can be oriented many ways, especially in the embedded
> > > world. The rotation property is a way to describe this orientation.
> > > The counter clockwise direction is chosen because that's what fbdev
> > > and drm use.
> > The h/w mounting is rotated counter clockwise, so the framebuffers'
> > contents are rotated clockwise, right?

Given that this describes the rotation of the panel, I think it should
be described in terms of how the panel is rotated, not how the
framebuffer needs to be rotated. Using counter-clockwise, as described
in this binding seems fine to me.

It would have to be up to fbdev and DRM/KMS to transform that into a
clockwise rotation for the framebuffer, CRTC, plane, ...

Ideally with some sort of helper.

Thierry

> >
> > > Signed-off-by: Noralf TrÃnnes <noralf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/display.txt | 4 ++++
> > This is panel property, so bindings/display/panel/panel.txt.
> >
> > > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > > create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/display.txt
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/display.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/display.txt
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 0000000..e2e6867
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/display.txt
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
> > > +Common display properties
> > > +-------------------------
> > > +
> > > +- rotation: Display rotation in degrees counter clockwise (0,90,180,270)
> > > --
> > > 2.10.2
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