Re: [PATCH 4/9] drm/panel: simple: add support for overriding the pixel clock polarity

[Lothar WaÃmann]

Hi,

On Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:14:22 +0200 Thierry Reding wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 01:23:36PM +0200, Lothar WaÃmann wrote:
> > The Ka-Ro electronics MB7 baseboard has an on-board LCD->LVDS
> > converter that requires a fixed pixelclk polarity, no matter what the
> > panel's display_mode specifies. Add an option to override the pixelclk
> > polarity defined in the panel's display_mode via DTB.
> 
> I'd argue that the LCD->LVDS converter should be modelled specifically
> in DT to handle this case. It could be a implemented as a DRM bridge
> driver, for example.
> 
IMO that's just overkill for a simple chip that is in no way
configurable nor detectable by software.


Lothar WaÃmann