RE: [PATCH/RFC 02/12] dt-bindings: display: renesas: lvds: Document renesas,swap-data

[Fabrizio Castro]

Hi Laurent,

> From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Laurent Pinchart
> Sent: 05 August 2019 10:36
> Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 02/12] dt-bindings: display: renesas: lvds: Document renesas,swap-data
> 
> Hi Fabrizio,
> 
> On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 08:59:51AM +0000, Fabrizio Castro wrote:
> > > From: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: 02 August 2019 08:44
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC 02/12] dt-bindings: display: renesas: lvds: Document renesas,swap-data
> > >
> > > Hi Fabrizio,
> > >
> > > Thank you for the patch.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 08:33:59AM +0100, Fabrizio Castro wrote:
> > > > R-Car D3, R-Car E3, and RZ/G2E support dual-link mode.
> > > > In such a mode, the first LVDS encoder emits even data, and the
> > > > second LVDS encoder emits odd data. This patch documents property
> > > > renesas,swap-data, used to swap even and odd data around.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Fabrizio Castro <fabrizio.castro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/renesas,lvds.txt | 5 +++++
> > > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/renesas,lvds.txt
> > > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/renesas,lvds.txt
> > > > index dece79e..8980179 100644
> > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/renesas,lvds.txt
> > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/bridge/renesas,lvds.txt
> > > > @@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ Optional properties:
> > > >    mandatory for the first LVDS encoder on R-Car D3, R-Car E3, and RZ/G2E SoCs,
> > > >    and shall point to the second encoder to be used as a companion in dual-link
> > > >    mode. It shall not be set for any other LVDS encoder.
> > > > +- renesas,swap-data : when in dual-link mode, the first LVDS encoder normally
> > > > +  emits even data, and the second LVDS encoder emits odd data. When property
> > > > +  renesas,swap-data is specified, the data emitted by the two encoders will be
> > > > +  swapped around. This property can only be used in conjunction with property
> > > > +  renesas,companion.
> > >
> > > From an LVDS encoder point of view this is more a configuration option
> > > than a description of the hardware. Wouldn't it be better for the LVDS
> > > sink to report which of the odd or even pixels it expects on each of its
> > > endpoints ?
> >
> > Yes, that would be my preference too, and it would be better, I am just not entirely
> > what's the best place for this information though
> >
> > > The LVDS encoder driver could then query that at runtime and
> > > configure itself accordingly. Ideally this should be queried through the
> > > drm_bridge_timings structure (or through a similar mean), not through
> > > DT. An LVDS sink that has a fixed mapping of odd/even pixels to
> > > endpoints wouldn't need the information to be specified in DT at all.
> >
> > Isn't drm_bridge_timings specific for bridges?
> 
> Its name makes it specific to bridges, but the information it contains
> could equally apply to panels. I would thus use it for both, possibly
> after renaming it.

Will give this a try then.

Thanks,
Fab

> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> Laurent Pinchart