Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] dt-bindings: display: bridge: fork out ti,ds90c185 from lvds-transmitter

From: Rob Herring
Date: Fri Jan 11 2019 - 09:49:12 EST


On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 07:07:19AM +0000, Peter Rosin wrote:
> DS90C185 has a shutdown pin which does not fit in the lvds-transmitter
> binding, which is meant to be generic.
>
> The sister chip DS90C187 is similar to DS90C185, describe it here as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Rosin <peda@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../bindings/display/bridge/lvds-transmitter.txt | 8 +---
> .../bindings/display/bridge/ti,ds90c185.txt | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/ti,ds90c185.txt
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/lvds-transmitter.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/lvds-transmitter.txt
> index 50220190c203..fd39ad34c383 100644
> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/lvds-transmitter.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/lvds-transmitter.txt
> @@ -22,13 +22,7 @@ among others.
>
> Required properties:
>
> -- compatible: Must be one or more of the following
> - - "ti,ds90c185" for the TI DS90C185 FPD-Link Serializer
> - - "lvds-encoder" for a generic LVDS encoder device
> -
> - When compatible with the generic version, nodes must list the
> - device-specific version corresponding to the device first
> - followed by the generic version.

I think you should keep something here. I'd reword it to say any encoder
with additional properties must have a device specific compatible in
addition.

> +- compatible: Must be "lvds-encoder"
>
> Required nodes:
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/ti,ds90c185.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/ti,ds90c185.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..e575f996959a
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/ti,ds90c185.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
> +Texas Instruments FPD-Link (LVDS) Serializer
> +--------------------------------------------
> +
> +The DS90C185 and DS90C187 are low-power serializers for portable
> +battery-powered applications that reduces the size of the RGB
> +interface between the host GPU and the display.
> +
> +Required properties:
> +
> +- compatible: Should be
> + "ti,ds90c185", "lvds-encoder" for the TI DS90C185 FPD-Link Serializer
> + "ti,ds90c187", "lvds-encoder" for the TI DS90C187 FPD-Link Serializer
> +
> +Optional properties:
> +
> +- powerdown-gpios: Power down control GPIO (the PDB pin, active-low)
> +
> +Required nodes:
> +
> +The devices have two video ports. Their connections are modeled using the OF
> +graph bindings specified in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/graph.txt.
> +
> +- Video port 0 for parallel input
> +- Video port 1 for LVDS output
> +
> +
> +Example
> +-------
> +
> +lvds-encoder {
> + compatible = "ti,ds90c185", "lvds-encoder";
> +
> + powerdown-gpios = <&gpio 17 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> +
> + ports {
> + #address-cells = <1>;
> + #size-cells = <0>;
> +
> + port@0 {
> + reg = <0>;
> +
> + lvds_enc_in: endpoint {
> + remote-endpoint = <&lcdc_out_rgb>;
> + };
> + };
> +
> + port@1 {
> + reg = <1>;
> +
> + lvds_enc_out: endpoint {
> + remote-endpoint = <&lvds_panel_in>;
> + };
> + };
> + };
> +};
> --
> 2.11.0
>