Re: [PATCH 3/3] drm/panel: introduce ebbg,ft8719 panel

[Linus Walleij]

On Fri, May 6, 2022 at 2:18 PM Joel Selvaraj <jo@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Add DRM panel driver for EBBG FT8719 6.18" 2246x1080 DSI video mode
> panel, which can be found on some Xiaomi Poco F1 phones. The panel's
> backlight is managed through QCOM WLED driver.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Selvaraj <jo@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Cool!

> +#define dsi_generic_write_seq(dsi, seq...) do {                                \
> +               static const u8 d[] = { seq };                          \
> +               int ret;                                                \
> +               ret = mipi_dsi_generic_write(dsi, d, ARRAY_SIZE(d));    \
> +               if (ret < 0)                                            \
> +                       return ret;                                     \
> +       } while (0)
> +
> +#define dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, seq...) do {                            \
> +               static const u8 d[] = { seq };                          \
> +               int ret;                                                \
> +               ret = mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer(dsi, d, ARRAY_SIZE(d)); \
> +               if (ret < 0)                                            \
> +                       return ret;                                     \
> +       } while (0)

First I don't see what the do {} while (0) buys you, just use
a basic block {}.

Second look at mipi_dbi_command() in include/drm/drm_mipi_dbi.h
this is very similar.

So this utility macro should be in a generic file such as
include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h. (Can be added in a separate
patch.)

Third I think you need only one macro (see below).

> +static int ebbg_ft8719_on(struct ebbg_ft8719 *ctx)
> +{
> +       struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi = ctx->dsi;
> +       struct device *dev = &dsi->dev;
> +       int ret;
> +
> +       dsi->mode_flags |= MIPI_DSI_MODE_LPM;
> +
> +       dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0x00, 0x00);
> +       dsi_generic_write_seq(dsi, 0xff, 0x87, 0x19, 0x01);

It's dubious that you always have dsi_dcs_write_seq()
followed by dsi_generic_write_seq().

That means mipi_dsi_generic_write() followed by
mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer(). But if you look at these
commands in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.c
you see that they do the same thing!

Doesn't it work to combine them into one call for each
pair?

> +       dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, 0x00, 0x80);
> +       dsi_generic_write_seq(dsi, 0xff, 0x87, 0x19);

Lots of magic numbers. You don't have a datasheet do you?
So you could #define some of the magic?

> +       if (ctx->prepared)
> +               return 0;
(...)
> +       ctx->prepared = true;
> +       return 0;
(...)
> +       if (!ctx->prepared)
> +               return 0;
(...)
> +       ctx->prepared = false;
> +       return 0;

Drop this state variable it is a reimplementation of something
that the core will track for you.

The rest looks nice!

Yours,
Linus Walleij