Re: [PATCH 1/4] drm: Add I2C connector type

[Javier Martinez Canillas]

Hello Noralf,

On 2/1/22 13:58, Noralf Trønnes wrote:
> 
> 
> Den 31.01.2022 21.52, skrev Sam Ravnborg:
>> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 09:12:21PM +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
>>> There isn't a connector type for display controllers accesed through I2C,
>>> most drivers use DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_Unknown or DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_VIRTUAL.
>>>
>>> Add an I2C connector type to match the actual connector.
>>>
>>> As Noralf Trønnes mentions in commit fc06bf1d76d6 ("drm: Add SPI connector
>>> type"), user-space should be able to cope with a connector type that does
>>> not yet understand.
>>>
> 
> It turned out that I wasn't entirely correct here, mpv didn't cope with
> unknown types. In the PR to add support Emil Velikov wondered if libdrm
> should handle these connector names:
> https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/pull/8989#issuecomment-879187711
> 

I see, thanks for the information. What should we do then, just use the type
DRM_MODE_CONNECTOR_Unknown then ?

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Linux Engineering
Red Hat