Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: display: bridge: Document THC63LVD1024 LVDS decoder

[jacopo mondi]

Hi Geert,

On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 10:22:39AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Jacopo,
>
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2018 at 10:04 AM, jacopo mondi <jacopo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 09:10:55AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >> On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 4:24 PM, Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > Document Thine THC63LVD1024 LVDS decoder.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Jacopo Mondi <jacopo+renesas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Thanks for your patch!
> >>
> >> > --- /dev/null
> >> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/thine,thc63lvd1024.txt
> >> > @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
> >> > +THine Electronics THC63LVD1024 LVDS receiver
> >>
> >> Thine
> >>
> >> > +--------------------------------------------
> >> > +
> >> > +The THC63LVD1024 is an LVDS receiver designed to convert multiple LVDS streams
> >> > +to digital CMOS/TTL parallel data.
> >> > +
> >> > +Required properties:
> >> > +- compatible: Shall be one of the following:
> >> > +  "thine,thc63lvd1024",
> >> > +  "lvds-decoder"
> >>
> >> What's the purpose of the second compatible value?
> >> When should it be used?
> >
> > It is probably my bad having started with a generic LVDS decoder in
> > mind and having then added properties specific to THC63LVD1024 to the
> > driver and its bindings.
> >
> > "lvds,decoder" can be used when the chip is completely transparent to
> > the SoC and none of the optional properties I have described in the
> > bindings are specified (a generic "power-gpios" apart, see Andrzej
> > comments on "pwdn-gpios" property).
> >
> > Also, I should make the driver behavior depend on the matched compatible
> > string. When "lvds-decoder" is matched, it will just look for an
> > optional power down gpio, when "thc63lvd1024" is matched, all of its
> > Vcc supplies, pwdn gpio and oe gpios will be queried and, if present,
> > eventually used in enable/disable routines.
> >
> > I'm just not sure how to describe that in bindings. Would something
> > like the following work?
> >
> > Optional properties for "lvds,decoder"
>
> "lvds-decoder"?
>

Yes, sorry

> > - power-gpios: Power control GPIOs
> >
> > Optional properties for "thine,thc63lvd1024"
> > - pwdn-gpios: ...
> > - oe-gpios: ...
> > - supply-vcc: ...
> > - supply-cvcc: ...
> > - supply-pvcc: ...
> > - supply-lvcc: ...
>
> Sounds like you need a (separate) generic lvds-decoder DT bindings document,
> which you can extend/refer to from the THC63LVD1024-specific bindings.

Ok, I'll go with two bindings document then and see how it looks.

Thanks
   j



>
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
>
>                         Geert
>
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