Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] arm64: dts: allwinner: a64: enable ANX6345 bridge on Teres-I

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ä 2019å7æ9æ GMT+08:00 äå4:55:32, Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxx> åå:
>On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 05:49:21PM -0700, Vasily Khoruzhick wrote:
>> > > Maybe instead of edp-connector one would introduce integrator's
>specific
>> > > connector, for example with compatible
>"olimex,teres-edp-connector"
>> > > which should follow edp abstract connector rules? This will be at
>least
>> > > consistent with below presentation[1] - eDP requirements depends
>on
>> > > integrator. Then if olimex has standard way of dealing with
>panels
>> > > present in olimex/teres platforms the driver would then create
>> > > drm_panel/drm_connector/drm_bridge(?) according to these rules, I
>guess.
>> > > Anyway it still looks fishy for me :), maybe because I am not
>> > > familiarized with details of these platforms.
>> >
>> > That makes sense yes
>>
>> Actually, it makes no sense at all. Current implementation for
>anx6345
>> driver works fine as is with any panel specified assuming panel
>delays
>> are long enough for connected panel. It just doesn't use panel
>timings
>> from the driver. Creating a platform driver for connector itself
>looks
>> redundant since it can't be reused, it doesn't describe actual
>> hardware and it's just defeats purpose of DT by introducing
>> board-specific code.
>
>I'm not sure where you got the idea that the purpose of DT is to not
>have any board-specific code.
>
>It's perfectly fine to have some, that's even why there's a compatible
>assigned to each and every board.
>
>What the DT is about is allowing us to have a generic behaviour that
>we can detect: we can have a given behaviour for a given board, and a
>separate one for another one, and this will be evaluated at runtime.
>
>This is *exactly* what this is about: we can have a compatible that
>sets a given, more specific, behaviour (olimex,teres-edp-connector)
>while saying that this is compatible with the generic behaviour
>(edp-connector). That way, any OS will know what quirk to apply if
>needed, and if not that it can use the generic behaviour.
>
>And we could create a generic driver, for the generic behaviour if
>needed.
>
>> There's another issue: if we introduce edp-connector we'll have to
>> specify power up delays somewhere (in dts? or in platform driver?),
>so
>> edp-connector doesn't really solve the issue of multiple panels with
>> same motherboard.
>
>And that's what that compatible is about :)

Maybe we can introduce a connector w/o any driver just like hdmi-connector?

>
>> I'd say DT overlays should be preferred solution here, not another
>> connector binding.
>
>Overlays are a way to apply a device tree dynamically. It's orthogonal
>to the binding.
>
>Maxime
>
>--
>Maxime Ripard, Bootlin
>Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
>https://bootlin.com

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