Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 01/13] dt-bindings: update the binding for Allwinner H3 DE2 support

[Jernej Åkrabec]

Hi,

Dne sreda, 02. avgust 2017 ob 07:02:39 CEST je icenowy@xxxxxxx napisal(a):
> å 2017-08-02 12:53ïJernej Åkrabec åéï
> 
> > Hi Icenowy,
> > 
> > Dne torek, 01. avgust 2017 ob 15:12:52 CEST je Icenowy Zheng
> > 
> > napisal(a):
> >> Allwinner H3 features a "Display Engine 2.0".
> >> 
> >> Add device tree bindings for the following parts:
> >> - H3 TCONs
> >> - H3 Mixers
> >> - H3 Display engine
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@xxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> 
> >>  .../bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt           | 25
> >> 
> >> ++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4
> >> deletions(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git
> >> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
> >> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt index
> >> 2ee6ff0ef98e..92512953943e 100644
> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sunxi/sun4i-drm.txt
> >> 
> >> @@ -87,18 +87,17 @@ Required properties:
> >>     * allwinner,sun6i-a31-tcon
> >>     * allwinner,sun6i-a31s-tcon
> >>     * allwinner,sun8i-a33-tcon
> >> 
> >> +   * allwinner,sun8i-h3-tcon
> >> 
> >>     * allwinner,sun8i-v3s-tcon
> >>   
> >>   - reg: base address and size of memory-mapped region
> >>   - interrupts: interrupt associated to this IP
> >>   
> >>   - clocks: phandles to the clocks feeding the TCON. Three are needed:
> >>     - 'ahb': the interface clocks
> >> 
> >> -   - 'tcon-ch0': The clock driving the TCON channel 0
> >> 
> >>   - resets: phandles to the reset controllers driving the encoder
> >>   
> >>     - "lcd": the reset line for the TCON channel 0
> >>   
> >>   - clock-names: the clock names mentioned above
> >>   - reset-names: the reset names mentioned above
> >> 
> >> - - clock-output-names: Name of the pixel clock created
> >> 
> >>  - ports: A ports node with endpoint definitions as defined in
> >>  
> >>    Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/video-interfaces.txt. The
> >> 
> >> @@ -112,7 +111,23 @@ Required properties:
> >>    channel the endpoint is associated to. If that property is not
> >>    present, the endpoint number will be used as the channel number.
> >> 
> >> -On SoCs other than the A33 and V3s, there is one more clock required:
> >> +For the following compatibles:
> >> +   * allwinner,sun5i-a13-tcon
> >> +   * allwinner,sun6i-a31-tcon
> >> +   * allwinner,sun6i-a31s-tcon
> >> +   * allwinner,sun8i-a33-tcon
> >> +   * allwinner,sun8i-v3s-tcon
> >> +there is one more clock and one more property required:
> >> + - clocks:
> >> +   - 'tcon-ch0': The clock driving the TCON channel 0
> >> + - clock-output-names: Name of the pixel clock created
> >> +
> >> +For the following compatibles:
> >> +   * allwinner,sun5i-a13-tcon
> >> +   * allwinner,sun6i-a31-tcon
> >> +   * allwinner,sun6i-a31s-tcon
> >> +   * allwinner,sun8i-h3-tcon
> >> 
> >> +there is one more clock required:
> >>     - 'tcon-ch1': The clock driving the TCON channel 1
> >>  
> >>  DRC
> >> 
> >> @@ -207,6 +222,8 @@ supported.
> >> 
> >>  Required properties:
> >>    - compatible: value must be one of:
> >>      * allwinner,sun8i-v3s-de2-mixer
> >> 
> >> +    * allwinner,sun8i-h3-de2-mixer0
> >> +    * allwinner,sun8i-h3-de2-mixer1
> > 
> > About that, I concur with Maxime here, plane number properties would be
> > better. If we don't do this now, we will never have it.
> 
> But I still prefer different compatibles, as the capabilities are
> already
> proven to be different between mixer0 and mixer1, and furtherly we
> cannot
> promise Allwinner won't add more functions only available at mixer0.
> 
> Then we will be trapped into a situation that we describe more and more
> functions via properties, but they should be encoded into the
> compatible.

It is either multiple compatibles or multiple properties. I prefer the later, 
but it is up to maintainers to decide.

Anyway, I think DE2 will not evolve much since DE3 is almost ready (H6). At 
least basics seems to be similar according to a BSP code drop.

Regards,
Jernej

> 
> > Reference:
> > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2017-June/512902.htm
> > l
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Jernej
> 
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